Helen Blaby
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Helen Blaby | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, radio presenter, author |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Website | Helen Blaby – BBC Radio Northampton |
Helen Blaby is a radio host and reporter with the BBC and a newspaper columnist.
Early life and education
[edit]Part of Blaby's childhood was spent in Cornwall,[1] where she attended Redruth School. She graduated in 1996 with a bachelor of arts in time-based media and radio from the University of the West of England.
Career
[edit]Her years as a broadcaster, according to CHBN Radio, have made her a household name.[2] Beginning in 2004, Blaby was the breakfast traffic reporter for BBC Radio 5 Live, including reporting live from her home during a 2005 storm.[3] In January 2010, she began reporting during the drivetime slot.[4] Since then, she has been a presenter on BBC Northampton, hosting from noon to 3 pm on a magazine show Monday-Friday. She has also worked as a cover presenter for BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
Blaby's travel reporting was referred to in a British Journalism Review article by media executive and broadcaster Matthew Bannister.[5] The BBC sent her out on the road again, but this time with a team of health professionals at venues throughout Northamptonshire county. She met listeners and encouraged residents to get full health checks.[6]
In 2006, she was one of several women in the news business interviewed by The Independent on what it's like being single and in the media.[7]
Blaby, who lives in Northamptonshire, is also a columnist for her local newspaper, Northampton Chronicle & Echo.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Helen Blaby - BBC Radio Northampton". BBC.
- ^ "History of CHBN - CHBN Radio". www.chbnradio.org.
- ^ "Helen Blaby, reporting from home". 28 December 2005.
- ^ "New radio slot for BBC travel girl Helen Blaby". www.northamptonchron.co.uk.
- ^ Bannister, Matthew (2005). "British Journalism Review, "Suddenly, my hands were shaking," 2005". British Journalism Review. 16 (3): 7–11. doi:10.1177/0956474805059180.
- ^ "Helen Blaby's BBC Radio Northampton show to check the county's health". www.northantslife.co.uk.
- ^ "Inside Story: Successful singletons on going it alone in media". The Independent. 2 July 2006. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Northampton Chronicle & Echo". www.northamptonchron.co.uk.[permanent dead link]
External links
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- Living people
- Alumni of the University of the West of England, Bristol
- BBC newsreaders and journalists
- British radio personalities
- British radio presenters
- British motoring journalists
- People from Northamptonshire
- British talk radio presenters
- People from Cornwall
- British women television journalists
- British women radio presenters