Alistair Birrell
Website: agbirrell.tk Phone: 0797-663-1618 Email:
[email protected]
Employment Freelance Writer Jan 2014 (London, UK) Writer for
various online music and entertainment blogs. Founder of a monthly
podcast news email. Co-author of two movies and a television show
that are in the final stages of script editing. Boston.com -
Entertainment Intern Sept 2014 Dec 2014 (Boston, MA, USA)
Entertainment intern at Boston.com, one of the 500 most read
websites in the US, with a daily readership of 800,000. Wrote
articles including music reviews, opinion pieces and local
features. Boston University Teaching Assistant Sept 2014 Dec 2014
(Boston, MA, USA) Teaching assistant for two radio news classes.
Responsibilities included editing audio, finding and contacting
sources on a deadline, and engineering the half hour on-air shows.
Also taught the students new software, including Soundcloud, Adobe
Audition, and Wordpress. WTBU Radio - Engineer/Host Jan 2014 Dec
2014 (Boston, MA, USA) Host and chief engineer on several shows for
the university radio station. These included music shows as well as
documentary-style news programs. Ran the board, produced stories,
and occasionally hosted the shows. Ran analysis on listenership and
ways to improve audience. Cinematheque - Lead Interviewer Sept 2014
Dec 2014 (Boston, MA, USA) Lead interviewer for a weekly series of
online video interviews with independent filmmakers and directors,
produced for the university. Learned the art of crafting questions
and controlling the flow of an interview. Boston University News
Service - Arts and Culture Editor Sept 2013 Dec 2014 (Boston, MA,
USA) Editor for the arts, culture, food and fashion coverage for a
student run news organization. Assigned and edited stories, and
worked with management to agree on the editorial direction of the
site. Produced coverage of the first anniversary of the Boston
Marathon Bombing and the 2014 midterm elections.
------------- Primark Sales Assistant April 2014 (High Wycombe,
UK) Sales assistant at a busy high street clothing store. Waitrose
- Sales Assistant Aug 2012 May 2013 (Windsor, UK) Sales assistant
in the fresh foods department at a busy supermarket. Handled the
organizing and restocking of products and provided customer
service. Coordinated a team of three other fresh foods employees.
Education M.Sc. Broadcast Journalism - Boston University Sept 2013
- Dec 2014 Relevant Coursework: Online Radio Newsroom, Narrative
Radio Journalism, Online Journalism, Advanced Photojournalism,
Media Law and Ethics, and a course on the future of journalism
taught by New York Times columnist David Carr. B.A. Music
Technology (Hons.) - Lancaster University Sept 2009 - July 2012
Relevant Coursework: Advanced Music Production, Recording and
Engineering, History of American Music, Composition and Music
Theory, Sound and Space. Minor in Physics. Graduated with 2:1
honors degree (approximate GPA equivalent of 3.6) Skills Social
Media: Wordpress, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Twitter and Tweetdeck,
Facebook, Reddit, etc. Editing Software: Logic, Pro Tools,
Audition, Audacity, Final Cut Pro, Sound Slides, Adobe InDesign,
Illustrator and Photoshop, etc.
