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Alex Wood, M.A.

Alex Wood, M.A. is Editor at Tech City News.
 
Tech City News is the leading resource of news, events, and information. They cover technology, why it matters to our lives, and the innovative businesses and people behind it. Their aim is to be the destination of choice and voice of the community and companies driving the growth in the digital capital of Europe.
 
Alex is an experienced journalist with extensive contacts covering finance, technology, media, telecoms, and Japan. He is able to work across all aspects of production from interviewing to shooting, editing, and producing both live and prerecorded video.
 
His previous roles include working in teams in a traditional TV newsroom environment and as a solo video journalist both in the UK and abroad.
 
From 2010 to 2012, Alex cofounded Not on the Wires, an award-winning international current affairs magazine, and was responsible for video production, community management, and editorial strategy.
 
He was invited to become a Visiting Lecturer in Online Journalism at City University in 2010 and continues to lecture across TV and Broadcast Journalism masters programmes.
 
Alex was previously TV Producer at Bloomberg LP; Video Producer at International Fund Investment Global; Investigations/Data Journalist at BBC World Service; Visiting Lecturer at London Southbank University; Contributor, Pods & Blogs Show, Radio 5 at BBC; Reporter/Video Journalist at Informa; and Assistant to Trade Director at Japanese Government (JETRO).
 
Alex earned his BSc in Japanese and Business Studies at Cardiff University in 2008. He earned his MA in International Journalism (Broadcast) at City University (GB) in 2009.
 
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