Five Live Appoints African Caribbean News Specialist
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Radio Five Live, the live news and sport station, has appointed
a reporter to specialise in news from the African Caribbean community.
Colin
Joseph, who has worked for National News press agency, Public Finance
magazine, and the Kilburn Times, will investigate issues of pertinence
to BritainÂ’s African Caribbean population, and look at the
dayÂ’s news from the perspective of this community.
Bob
Shennan, Controller of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Five Live, said: "Five Live
aims to cover news and issues affecting everyone in Britain, and
the appointment of Colin Joseph will enable us to do this more thoroughly
than ever before. The aim of the post is to make sure we are delivering
the news that is important and relevant to African Caribbean people
in Britain."
Colin
Joseph said: "IÂ’m pleased that there is recognition of
the need for a post like this, and its a great opportunity for me
to work in such a pioneering post."
Notes
to Editors
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Radio Five Live has 6.25 million listeners
Colin
Joseph career history:
· National News press agency
· Public Finance magazine
· Kilburn Times
· London College of Printing HND Journalism, ‘Graduate
of the YearÂ’, and News Editor of the Backhill ReporterÂ’
(LCP Student Newspaper)
· Caribbean Times
· NTTJ Newspaper Journalism course at Lambeth College
Colin was born October 1970 in East London, and lists his hobbies
as urban music, films, fiction, and skiing.
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