Jenny Hill (journalist)
Jenny Hill | |
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| Born | |
| Education | Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, Newsreader |
| Notable credit(s) | Central News BBC Channel Islands BBC Look North BBC Breakfast |
Jenny Hill is a British news reporter and television journalist who works for the BBC. As of September 2014, she is the BBC's Berlin correspondent, having previously worked as a reporter for BBC Breakfast and as a crime correspondent and regional reporter for the North of England region. She has also previously worked as a relief presenter on BBC Look North.
Early life
[edit]Hill was born and grew up on the island of Jersey, where she attended the fee-paying Jersey College for Girls.[1][2] She first became interested in journalism while working for BBC Radio Jersey.[3]
Journalism career
[edit]Following postgraduate studies at Cardiff University's School of Journalism, Hill joined Central Television in Birmingham as a reporter. When the BBC established its television news service for the Channel Islands she returned home to present the evening bulletins and to work as a reporter, presenter and producer in Jersey and Guernsey. This was followed by a move to Grimsby to work for BBC Look North for the Humber region, after which she moved to Hull,[3] where she presented the region's breakfast bulletins.[4]
After working in Hull she moved to the Yorkshire and North Midlands edition of the BBC's Look North, where she was a stand-in presenter and the programme's crime correspondent.[4] In 2009 Hill became a regional reporter for the North of England on BBC Breakfast and the BBC News Channel.
Among the high-profile stories Hill worked on for Look North are the 2007 United Kingdom floods and the trial and conviction of the killer of Lesley Molseed.[4] Nationally she has covered events including the severe winter weather of 2009–10[5] and 2010–11,[6][7] and the murder of Joanna Yeates.[8]
In 2011, she covered the Japanese tsunami 2011, Eurozone crisis and the 2011 London Riots.[9]
In September 2014, she took up the position of Berlin correspondent for the BBC.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "College Gardens percentage for art project - celebrating JCG's alumnae". Jersey Development Company. 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "'Great fun and unpredictable'". BBC News. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Presenters: Jenny Hill". Look North. BBC Humber. 23 December 2005. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ a b c "Presenters: Jenny Hill". Look North. BBC. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ Hill, Jenny (21 December 2009). "Weather causes travel disruption". BBC News. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ Hill, Jenny (30 November 2010). "Is working from home the answer to snow disruption?". BBC News. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ Hill, Jenny (1 December 2010). "'No let up for commuters' in snow". Today. BBC News. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ "Fears in Bristol as police investigate Jo Yeates murder". BBC News. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ "Jenny Hill on Breakfast: 'Great fun and unpredictable'". BBC News. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
External links
[edit]- Jenny Hill at IMDb
- Living people
- Jersey journalists
- Alumni of Cardiff University
- British reporters and correspondents
- British television newsreaders and news presenters
- English television journalists
- English women journalists
- BBC newsreaders and journalists
- ITN newsreaders and journalists
- British radio journalists
- ITV regional newsreaders and journalists
- British women television journalists
- British women radio presenters
- People educated at the Jersey College for Girls