Andy Hitchcock – Director of Media Training

Andy has 25 years experience in broadcasting and is a former bureau chief for BBC News at Pebble Mill and The Mailbox in Birmingham. He worked on the main 1o’clock, 6 o’clock and 10 o’clock news on BBC 1 as well as other news outlets such as BBC News online, the Today programme and BBC Breakfast. Prior to that he was a News Editor at ITN in London and has also worked as a programme editor for BBC Radio 5 Live in London, ITV Central and many BBC local radio stations. He began his career in Independent Radio and was a BBC Radio Breakfast Show presenter before moving to BBC TV. He has also been a reporter and producer at the BBC’s Political Unit at Westminster and worked for BBC Training both in the UK and overseas. Andy has an MA in Mass Communications.

e: andy.hitchcock@broadcastmedia.co.uk