Jenny Hill (journalist)
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Jenny Hill is a British news reporter and television journalist who works for the BBC
. She is a reporter for BBC Breakfast
as well as being a crime correspondent and regional reporter for the North of England region. In addition she is a relief presenter on BBC Look North
.
where she first became interested in journalism while working for BBC Radio Jersey
.
, Hill joined Central Television
in Birmingham
as a reporter. When the BBC established its TV news service for the Channel Islands
she returned home to present the evening bulletins and to work as a reporter, presenter and producer in Jersey and Guernsey. This was followed by a move to Grimsby
to work for BBC Look North for the Humber region
, after which she moved to Hull
, where she presented the region's breakfast bulletins.
After working in Hull she moved to the Yorkshire and North Midlands edition
of the BBC's Look North, where she is a stand-in presenter and the programme's crime correspondent. In 2009 Hill became a regional reporter for the North of England on BBC Breakfast
and the BBC News Channel.
Among the high profile stories Hill worked on for Look North are the 2007 United Kingdom floods
and the trial and conviction of the killer of Lesley Molseed. Nationally she has covered events including the severe winter weather of 2009-10 and 2010-11, and the murder of Joanna Yeates
.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. She is a reporter for BBC Breakfast
BBC Breakfast
BBC Breakfast is the morning television news programme simulcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel. It is presented live from BBC Television Centre in White City, West London, and contains a mixture of news, sport, weather, business and feature items...
as well as being a crime correspondent and regional reporter for the North of England region. In addition she is a relief presenter on BBC Look North
BBC Look North (Yorkshire and North Midlands)
BBC Look North is the BBC's regional television news service for West & South Yorkshire, parts of North Yorkshire and the North Midlands. The programmes as produced and broadcast from the BBC Broadcasting Centre at St...
.
Early life
Hill grew up on the island of JerseyJersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
where she first became interested in journalism while working for BBC Radio Jersey
BBC Radio Jersey
BBC Radio Jersey is the BBC Local Radio service for Jersey, Channel Islands. It broadcasts from its studios at 18-21 Parade Road in Saint Helier on 88.8 FM, 1026 AM as well as online at Jersey....
.
Journalism career
Following post graduate studies at the University of Cardiff's School of JournalismCardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies
The Cardiff School Of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University was founded in 1970 by Sir Tom Hopkinson and as such is the longest established postgraduate centre of journalism education in Europe...
, Hill joined Central Television
Central Independent Television
Central Independent Television, more commonly known as Central is the Independent Television contractor for the Midlands, created following the restructuring of ATV and commencing broadcast on 1 January 1982. The station is owned and operated by ITV plc, under the licensee of ITV Broadcasting...
in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
as a reporter. When the BBC established its TV news service for the Channel Islands
Channel Islands
The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey...
she returned home to present the evening bulletins and to work as a reporter, presenter and producer in Jersey and Guernsey. This was followed by a move to Grimsby
Grimsby
Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...
to work for BBC Look North for the Humber region
BBC Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)
BBC Look North is the BBC's regional TV news service for East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, north Norfolk and northeast Cambridgeshire produced by BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire...
, after which she moved to Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
, where she presented the region's breakfast bulletins.
After working in Hull she moved to the Yorkshire and North Midlands edition
BBC Look North (Yorkshire and North Midlands)
BBC Look North is the BBC's regional television news service for West & South Yorkshire, parts of North Yorkshire and the North Midlands. The programmes as produced and broadcast from the BBC Broadcasting Centre at St...
of the BBC's Look North, where she is a stand-in presenter and the programme's crime correspondent. In 2009 Hill became a regional reporter for the North of England on BBC Breakfast
BBC Breakfast
BBC Breakfast is the morning television news programme simulcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel. It is presented live from BBC Television Centre in White City, West London, and contains a mixture of news, sport, weather, business and feature items...
and the BBC News Channel.
Among the high profile stories Hill worked on for Look North are the 2007 United Kingdom floods
2007 United Kingdom floods
The 2007 United Kingdom floods were a series of destructive floods that occurred in various areas across the country during the summer of 2007. The most severe floods occurred across Northern Ireland on 12 June; East Yorkshire and The Midlands on 15 June; Yorkshire, The Midlands, Gloucestershire,...
and the trial and conviction of the killer of Lesley Molseed. Nationally she has covered events including the severe winter weather of 2009-10 and 2010-11, and the murder of Joanna Yeates
Murder of Joanna Yeates
Joanna Clare "Jo" Yeates was a landscape architect from Hampshire, England, who went missing on 17 December 2010 in Bristol after an evening out with colleagues...
.