My Skills: 

• Reporting - sourcing interviews, quotes, facts, statistics and finding stories on a local and wider scale within editorial constraints.
  • Confident in communication with Governmental and officiating bodies.
  • Ethics and resilience training demonstrated to me how to deal with serious topics in the reporting stage in a sensitive manner.
• Image and video capture - collecting footage and images to support and develop articles and packages for publication.
  • Experience with setup and use of a variety of video and audio equipment.
• Article creation and self-editorial skills - able to create engaging, efficient and prompt written content based on press releases, statements and gathered information.
• Editing - Proficient with Adobe Creative Cloud software, specifically Premier Pro and Audition, alongside graphics generation softwares; Adobe Photoshop, Canva and CoreIDRAW. These software packages were used to create the majority of my work to date.
  • Audio production - proficient with DAW softwares Cubase 14 and ProTools
• Social media promotion of publication
  • Strong knowledge of how to work with social media platforms in order to gain more article traction, alongside involving relevant groups from within the article or package to promote the article further.

I am Joseph Murphy, a passionate reporter, videographer and written language specialist, currently based in Sheffield. 

The world around us always has a story to tell and I choose to capture moments in order to inform, to move and to inspire viewers. I believe that the best and easiest way to do this is by visually capturing the experience of people and their reality.

Since beginning my training as a journalist at the University of Sheffield's MA Journalism course, my eye for stories has sharpened, leaving me regularly asking: "how can we show this to the world?"

During this time, I began to specialize in filming and compiling video packages and narratives, examples of which can be seen in the articles section. Within this section, my written articles can also be seen, showcasing my written craftsmanship, something i have been honing since my undergraduate degree in English literature.

I picture myself as a people person, not afraid to ask the right questions to get to the bottom of the story but also able to treat situations with the required sensitivity and humanity needed for a journalist. We should be humans first, journalists second. 

I began my journey into the world of journalism by joining Forge, the University of Sheffield's press and publication organisation. Within this I ran my first weekly radio show, quickly moving up to become Head Producer of one of the subsections of Forge Radio.

During this time, I also put my linguistic and journalistic skills to the test for the first time, creating my first articles. I found that 

Soon after, I joined Forge TV becoming a part of the reporting team for a weekly news show, demonstrating global news and its effect on the local area, as well as more community based narratives. It was here where I experienced journalistic deadlines for the first time, working under editorial constraints, alongside collaborating with other members to produce the weekly news package. 

Since then, my love for the profession, my dedication and my discipline have only grown. One of my main interests was the local council's work with for community improvement in the Gleadless Valley area, which can be seen in my articles section. It was here where i first experienced working with authorities and government officials, gathering statements, statistics and comment from Councillors and local residents board members.