2020: Trainee reporter portfolio

I started my role as a trainee reporter for the Eastbourne Herald in September 2020. I have two years with them as a trainee before I can take my professional exams to become a fully-fledged senior reporter.

Here are links to some of my pieces at the Herald:

*I quickly realised that covering inquests can result in trolling, so they have now been made anonymous, hence the 'staff reporter' byline on some of the pieces listed below*

November - December 2020

• Eastbourne businesses react to a second UK-wide lockdown

• Woman died at Eastbourne DGH

• Ten people arrested in Eastbourne on drugs offences and arson

• Suspected drink driver narrowly misses Eastbourne mother and baby

• ‘Outrageous’ theft at Eastbourne church war memorial

• Nearly 500 free school meals given out by Eastbourne church

• Campaigners’ final plea to save the Eastbourne NHS walk-in centre

• Sharnfold Farm back at the centre of development plans

• New plans for tackling domestic abuse from Sussex Police

• Eastbourne campaigner recognised for her work battling for equality

• Memorial plaque from Eastbourne soldier sells for more than £10,000

• Food poverty on the increase in Eastbourne

• Eastbourne’s ‘secretive’ role in the famous Princess Diana interview

• Sussex Police launch new scheme to tackle stalking

• Eastbourne blaze-hit school is set to reopen

• Well-known East Sussex pub chain goes into administration

• New campaign launched to protect Eastbourne shopkeepers

• Fundraiser for disabled boy from Hailsham

• ‘Double tragedy’: Death of two friends at Peacehaven cliffs*

• Hastings woman took her own life after run-in with rogue traders*

• Woman pays tribute to her brother who died at Beachy Head*

• How do Eastbourne business owners feel about tier 2 restrictions?

• Former Pevensey man jailed for lying about driving offences

• College lecturer gets endorsement from celebrity chef on her first book

• Popular Eastbourne man dies in Thailand*

• Seaford woman died after her actions during a ‘nocturnal psychotic episode’*

• What impact has Covid had on Eastbourne’s employment rates?

• Eastbourne charity reflects on the end of a challenging year

• Pevensey Parish Council objects to hotel plans

• Eastbourne man receives MBE for his work in the Covid pandemic

September - October 2020

• Lost babies remembered by Eastbourne parents

• Eastbourne traders tell impact of 10pm curfew on business

• Eastbourne man found dead at home

• Eastbourne lady left with nothing after camper van fire

• Eastbourne pensioners 'upset' by sudden end to food deliveries

• Eastbourne hotel wins a worldwide award

• Man died on A27 Lewes road after motorbike accident

• East Sussex NHS responder calls for more volunteers

• Tributes paid after sudden death of 55-year-old Eastbourne man

• Peacehaven man dies after being hit by reversing car

• Eastbourne offers free school meals in response to Marcus Rashford campaign

• Eastbourne boxing group gains new studio

• Eastbourne charity workers left ‘fuming’ by redundancy handling

• Two runners complete their 50th marathon at Eastbourne’s Beachy Head

• Death of Eastbourne man after cardiac arrest

• Eastbourne man dies from asbestos exposure

• Eastbourne schoolboys’ business praised by Dragons’ Den and Apprentice stars