I ran away from home at the age of 17 to work on my local evening paper - one of the last of generations of British reporters to be indentured (literally bound) to a newspaper for some three years starting 1977. In the 30-odd years since filing my first copy, I have reported for national newspapers, on local and national radio and on all the UK’s national television networks. I have helped launch new TV channels; given master-classes on writing for television to post-grad students at London’s City University; won national and international awards for journalism and film-making and edited the UK’s leading primetime television news programme, News at 10. I was appointed by AP to help develop and manage the digitalisation of its London newsroom in 2001. Working closely with technology colleagues, we designed and implemented a totally new way of working for AP staff in London, in bureaux around the world and in the field. The project was to give my career a new trajectory and I’ve since worked with sales, marketing, editorial and technology teams to launch new video products and services; help develop new outlets for AP’s content and work with colleagues to ensure the best possible use of technology for the delivery of our video onto traditional and new platforms. Now Director of Emerging Products; I focus on the new and the biggest challenge yet is ahead: how to help transform our video operation into a world-beating service which leaves the opposition agog and our customers queuing up for more!