Helen Blaby
Born
Northamptonshire, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Journalist, radio presenter, author
Years active2004–present
WebsiteHelen Blaby – BBC Radio Northampton

Helen Blaby is a radio host and reporter with the BBC and a newspaper columnist.

Early life and education

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

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 Five 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

  1. ↑ "Helen Blaby - BBC Radio Northampton". BBC.
  2. ↑ "History of CHBN - CHBN Radio". www.chbnradio.org.
  3. ↑ "Helen Blaby, reporting from home". 28 December 2005.
  4. ↑ "New radio slot for BBC travel girl Helen Blaby". www.northamptonchron.co.uk.
  5. ↑ Bannister, Matthew (2005). "British Journalism Review, "Suddenly, my hands were shaking," 2005". British Journalism Review. 16 (3): 7–11. doi:10.1177/0956474805059180.
  6. ↑ "Helen Blaby's BBC Radio Northampton show to check the county's health". www.northantslife.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "Inside Story: Successful singletons on going it alone in media". The Independent. 2 July 2006. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Northampton Chronicle & Echo". www.northamptonchron.co.uk.
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