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Chris Bockman

TV News Journalist, Southern France. For more detail and videos go to : chrisbockmanproductions.com or twitter @chrisbockman

Chris Bockman
58 years old
Toulouse (31000) France
Professional Status
Freelancer
Open to opportunities
About Me
After a long time as a full time television journalist I set up as an independent tv news producer in southern France more than a decade ago and work extensively for broadcasters worldwide. In recent years have branched out into corporate communications providing corporate and local government with video to promote their business or activity
  • Filming and reporting for tv news and sports features for Broadcasters Worldwide
  • wide range of subjects from economics, lifestyle and culture to sports coverage
    both on-camera and video distribution to tv agencies
  • Filming using my own equipment and on bigger budgets hiring crews and cameras
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  • Providing promotional videos in English for the Mairie de Toulouse
  • Filming, writing and editing videos to promote the city abroad on behalf of the City's Communications department
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  • Providing video press releases on behalf of Airbus for broadcasters worldwide
  • Media training - using video and journalism background to provide Airbus management with media training skills to handle press and crisis situations
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Lecturer (current)

Toulouse School of Journalism
Since January 2008
Temporary Work
Toulouse
France
  • Providing broadcast skills to journalism students - teaching them to write for news in English and understand how to broadcast for an English speaking audience
  • Senior broadcast journalist, filming and writing reports for international audience

Television News producer

ITN/Reuters
July 1993 to January 1997
Full-time
London
United Kingdom
  • Working on GMTV morning news programme as reporter
  • Writing for newscasts, field producing across the United States, range of topics included the political campaigns, environmental and international issues

Economics and Politics BA Hons

University of Newcastle, UK

September 1985 to June 1988
  • Cross Country Skiing, Squash and cooking classes
  • Long experience setting up filming assignments and using my journalism background to advise corporate clients on how to handle the press
  • Are you the foie gras correspondent another slow news day in south west France
  • First book
  • Fluent in English and French, some Spanish