Team

News video rewards preparation and calm. Rhian Pugh, our Head of Production, has worked in television news production for over fifteen years, and she plans every crew deployment. She decides who goes, what kit travels and how the material will reach you, so the plan is settled before anyone leaves Swansea.

On location, Owen Davies shoots breaking stories and live positions as Senior Camera Operator. He also trains newer operators in fast, steady camera work, which means the habits that keep pictures usable under pressure are passed on inside the team rather than left to chance.

Callum Reid looks after lighting and sound for interviews and live reports, both on location and in our studio. Audio is often what separates a usable clip from a lost one, so he checks levels and background noise before the camera rolls, not after.

Priya Sharma, our Lead Video Editor, cuts news packages to tight deadlines. She keeps graphics and captions consistent across items, so a week of reports from one newsroom looks like it belongs together and reads cleanly on screen.

Because the team is small, handovers are short and everyone knows the story. The producer, camera operator, technician and editor can speak to each other directly, which keeps accuracy high and removes the delays that come from messages passing through several desks.