Danny Wood: Resume

San Francisco
Mobile: (415) 359 33 22
Email: danjwood@hotmail.com

Career Highlights

Correspondent for BBC News

BBC Television Documentary Maker
Radio Host, ABC Radio, Australia

Career Objectives
All interesting print, television and radio writing, reporting and presenting positions
considered. Any post to do with the investigation, promotion or protection of history,
culture and the environment very welcome.

Current Position

Reporter, ABC Radio, Australia

Filing radio reports on issues relevant to Australia and the United States for Australia's
public broadcaster.

Producer, BBC Radio 5 Live, London

Selecting United States stories, interviewing and arranging live and recorded broadcasts
for the Up All Night program on BBC Radio 5.

Experience and Skills

BBC Television Presenter and Documentary Maker

August 2009-January 2010

Presenting On Hannibal's Trail, a six part television series due to air in September 2010
on BBC Television involving bicycling three thousand miles from Spain to Tunisia
while telling the story of the ancient Carthaginian general, Hannibal, in his epic war
against the Romans. www.woodbrothers.tv

Highlights:
Presenting a television series, On Hannibal's Trail, from the seat of a bicycle while
crossing Europe's highest mountain chain.
Writing a successful history documentary proposal for a major BBC television series.
BBC News Spain Correspondent
May 2002-August 2009

Reporting on newsworthy events in Spain for all BBC news bulletins and programs on
BBC Radio, Television and Online. The job involved presenting, writing, editing and
mixing all types of television and radio packages and broadcasting live in the field
under tight deadlines.

Highlights:
Covering all aspects of the financial crisis and its impact on Spain, including the
housing market crash.
Reporting from Madrid during the March 11, 2004 train bomb attacks by Islamic
militants.
Reporting on the ongoing campaign by the militant, Basque, separatist group ETA for
an independent homeland.
Reporting on the Prestige oil tanker spill, Spain's worst environmental disaster.
Covering soccer star David Beckham's stay with Real Madrid Football Club.

For BBC reports see:

http://search.bbc.co.uk/search?go=homepage&scope=all&q=Danny+Wood+Spain

Also Spain correspondent for the international services of other broadcasters including
German Radio, Dutch Radio, France24 and ABC Radio Australia.

Producer BBC World Service

June 2000 – March 2002

Selecting news stories, recording and editing interviews and briefing presenters for the
programs Newshour and The World Today.

Radio Host, ABC Radio Australia

June 1997 – March 1999

Presenting a national, overnight current affairs and talk-back program on ABC Local
Radio, from the Sydney ABC studios.
Presenting a daily, two and-a-half hour morning news and current affairs program from
the Tamworth ABC studios in New England, Australia.

Highlight:
Chairing a series of live debates involving the political candidates in Australia's New
South Wales 1999, State election.
Lecturer, Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus, Spain
January 2007-May 2009

Teaching a Spring semester course on the fundamentals of radio and television news
broadcasting.

Highlight
Learning how to articulate and explain the craft skills of news reporting.

Additional Skills

Fluency in Spanish, intermediate French, basic German.

Academic Qualifications

Graduate Diploma of Communications

University of Technology, Sydney (1995-96)
Courses: Radio broadcasting, Scriptwriting, Film Making, American literature.

Bachelor of Arts (history honours)

University of Sydney (1988-91)
Courses: French, German, ancient and modern history, archaeology.

References

Available on request.