John has worked as a producer and director for the BBC; Channel Four and many ITV companies over thirty years, and has over two hundred broadcast credits to his name. They range from short films to longer docudramas. His programmes range from short form to investigations to World in Actions to dramas. He has significant experience of ‘Big Event’ programming, having worked as a producer or director on every BBC General Election since 1979, as well as BBC Event Days, several world leader summits and more.
He has been media adviser to two past presidents of Guyana, as well as the current president. At Coventry University John invented the ‘Coventry Conversations’ which weekly have brought two hundred and fifty movers and shakers in the media world to the University and which have generated much press interest. These include many household media names such as Trevor Phillips, Mark Thompson, Baroness Amos, Jon Snow, Kirsty Wark and Jeremy Vine. The Conversations have been called ‘the best speaker programme in any British University’ by Professor Richard Keeble.
John teaches broadcast journalism at all levels and encourages much interaction with the contemporary broadcast industry at local, national and international level. He has set up the Coventry News Forum for the local media to exchange views.