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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

So excited to see Newsbeat’s journalism being picked up by different places in the BBC and I’m so proud when I manage to get them a byline! It’s a privilege to continue to grow in this role alongside them 🤓 #seniorjournalist #seniorjournalistreporter

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I can’t believe its been over 5 months working at BBC Radio 1, 1xtra and Asian Network’s Newsbeat! 🎙️📻 I want to share some #weekendwins and #studioselfies from both the Mailbox in Birmingham and Media City in Salford.

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I’m back with the Radio Manchester team - yesterday I was reading the news and today I am out and about reporting! Here’s an article I wrote for them the other week when I was reporting for them: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #journalist #reporter #newsreader #Manchester

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Other moments I’ve reported on for BBC England over the last few months are the ceasefire agreement, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor losing his titles and the synagogue attack on the 2nd of October.

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

What a day to read the news last night for all 39 BBC local radio stations! It was a privilege to broadcast on such a big news story like the budget for across the country. #broadcaster #seniorjournalist #news

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

My key tips were: don’t let anyone put you in a box, network, say yes to all and any opportunities and if there is no opportunity, just do it yourself! #journalist #storyteller #uniofmanchesteralumini

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Proud to be sharing my experiences of investigative journalism, presenting and producing World Service programmes, reporting for radio, TV and online in regions, making docs, reading the news, broadcasting the trafffic, presenting commercial radio programmes and overseeing weekends on Newsbeat.

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

It was an absolute privilege to be part of a media panel yesterday at the University I fell in love with media at, The University of Manchester. I remember when I was a student there and I attended a similar event, meeting an investigative journalist (I even bought and read his book!)

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I made a programme on the project of the ‘World’s largest dam’ earlier this year for the BBC World Service’s #TheInquiry. It’s been announced its going ahead: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Programme link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... #China #Tibet #India #Bangladesh

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BBC World Service - The Inquiry, Why is China building the world’s biggest dam?

Why is China building the world’s biggest hydropower dam?

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I’ll be looking after weekends, I’m really excited to get started. That also means I’m available during the week to work with the brilliant teams I have previously met and connected with too! (2/2) #freelancelife #newchapter #journalist #reporter #storyteller

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

A bit slow to post this but in transfer news… I’m incredibly excited to say I’ve joined the team at BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra & Asian Network’s Newsbeat as a Senior Journalist Reporter! 📻 I’ve been listening to Newsbeat for decades so it is an absolute privilege to join the team. (1/2)

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

You can listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m... Making A Difference with Nicho…–Let's Go Kickass Today – Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l... Wonder Women with Sonia Watson… - Let's Go Kickass Today - Apple Podcasts #Storyteller #Presenter #Podcaster

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Making A Difference with Nicholas McCarthy, Vese Aladewolu & Geoff Else

Podcast Episode · Let's Go Kickass Today · 15/02/2020 · 44m

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

And the fierce Alexis Strum with her pop music comeback and all the press she has got around it too. Both incredibly inspirational people I had the pleasure of interviewing 4/5 years ago (!!) for my ‘Let’s Go Kickass Today’ podcast, which I used to produce, present and edit on my own.

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I just want to take a moment to congratulate two of my former podcast guests for doing incredible things in their careers. Nicholas Mccarthy for his upcoming debut at the BBC Proms this Sunday….

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BBC Proms

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning concerts and collaborations.

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Listen back on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #Radio #Reporter #OasisLive #Oasis #journalist

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I spoke to people who spent £400 per ticket to see Oasis, who flew from Australia, Finland, Netherlands, Germany, Croatia, who were going three times, who left their country of Japan for the first time ever to see Oasis, it was incredible. I also appreciated the bucket hat one interviewee gave me 😂

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Yesterday I spent the day in Manchester’s city centre interviewing people who have travelled far and wide to see the Gallagher brothers united again. It felt like reporting on a piece of history - all for BBC Radio 5 Live’s Wake Up to Money programme.

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I enjoyed talking to Junie Lau for #WakeUpToMoney on BBC 5 Live about how Google’s new AI tool, Flow has given her new opportunities to pursue filmmaking. You can listen here from 47 minutes in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #journalist

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Wake Up To Money - Recommended by AI - BBC Sounds

Sean Farrington hears how AI is transforming the way people plan their holidays.

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Really proud of the impact the work I, Barbara, Liv, and my editor Henry Jones did on getting this piece of original journalism to air, then to front page of BBC News for most of the day, and now onto the BBC newsletter: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Journalist #Storyteller

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Supplier to major supermarkets hit by cyber attack

Logistics firm Peter Green Chilled supplies major supermarkets, but it is relatively small compared to its rivals.

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Had fun reading the news today for BBC Radio Manchester from 7-12pm! It’s always exciting to have a live cricket hit in your sports bulletin too 🏏 Back on air tomorrow from 7am across Greater Manchester and on @bbcsounds.bsky.social #studioselfie #newsreader #newsbroadcaster

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I’ve also started freelance newsreading for BBC Radio Manchester - it’s been great to get behind the mic and live broadcast again! #broadcaster #journalist #storyteller

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I’ll continue working on securing agenda setting interviews for BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and BBC Radio 5 Live’s Wake Up to Money programme, see below👇 a photo I took from a prerecord I did with Google for the Today programme!

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

After three years at Long Form Audio, presenting and producing World Service programmes and producing Radio 4 Investigative documentaries, it is time for a new chapter. I’m delighted to say I’m starting a new contract with BBC Business!

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

to now securing agenda setting business interviews for BBC Radio 5 Live’s Wake Up to Money programme and BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. What a rollercoaster! I have no idea what’s in store next but I’ve enjoyed the ride. #storyteller #broadcaster #journalist

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

reading the news and reporting for TV (and radio and online) for BBC Guernsey producing investigative documentaries for BBC Radio 4’s File on 4 Investigates, presenting and producing World Service programmes,

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

This month marks 7 years at the BBC for me! And what a journey - firstly broadcasting traffic for BBC Essex and BBC Solent, then producing and reporting for radio and online for BBC Essex, reporting for 5 Live, R4, Newsbeat, presenting and producing documentaries for BBC Surrey and BBC Guernsey,

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Excited to add that, two of the guests I fixed for BBC Business programmes this week, were featured as highlights in the BBC Business weekly newsletter! 📈

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Love it when the guests I book for the BBC Business Unit get picked up elsewhere! I organised Richard Lim to speak to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme yesterday morning and after his excellent interview, his comments are now in this BBC News article 👇 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… #news

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

… to Trump’s tariffs and the manufacturing industry. I’m enjoying seeing my guests travel across the BBC too - with local radio stations clipping and interviewing guests I’ve picked for the programmes, as well as the pace of working in live radio once again! 📻 #radio #journalist

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I’ve had a great week working with the BBC Business Unit this week - fixing guests and writing cues for the Today programme for BBC Radio 4, and Radio 5 Live’s Wake Up To Money programme. 📈 I’ve worked on a whole range of subjects like Dubai Chocolate and Minecraft…

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

My latest (and last one for a while) episode of The Inquiry which I produced for the BBC World Service, is all about SpaceX. It truly is a fascinating subject that I learnt so much about! Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #journalist #producer #Radio #BBC #BBCWorldService

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The Inquiry - Is SpaceX ok? - BBC Sounds

SpaceX’s Starship has exploded twice in a row—should we be worried?

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT." - Faith Ringgold (1930-2024) US artist #womensart

Photograph featuring the upper half of a standing Black woman, to the left, looking outwards with head raised proudly, to the right is her self-portrait, upoer half looking left, on a cream wall

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Secondly, I produced a programme for #TheInquiry all about the Romanian elections as Calin Georgescu has been barred from standing in May. I’m delighted to say it made the BBC World Service weekly newsletter 🇷🇴 You can listen to it here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... #Producer #journalist

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BBC World Service - The Inquiry, What will happen now with Romania’s elections?

Romania’s elections in November were annulled. What will happen now ahead of May’s rerun?

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Not just one but two programmes I made for the BBC World Service are out this week! Firstly, I interviewed the legendary Mulatu Astatke for #WitnessHistory about the moment he pioneered the genre of Ethio Jazz. You can listen to it here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... #presenter #broadcaster

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BBC World Service - Witness History, The father of Ethio-Jazz

In 1966, Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke recorded a new genre of music, Ethio-jazz.

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Gorgeous day hiking in Todmorden 😍 Spring is here! 🌸 #adventure #hiking #spring

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Oh that’s kind! Do you mean the work I am doing with my day job or generally? I am not on File on 4 Investigates at the moment but a World Service programme called The Inquiry which is very different!

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Thank you Charlie! I hope all is well with you!

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Delighted to see Vicky Carter on Bluesky 👋 @vickyecarter.bsky.social Last year, she produced the File on 4 programme “The Final Battle: Veterans fighting for compensation” Hard-hitting and a great introduction to some of the challenges faced by those harmed on duty www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - File on 4 Investigates, The Final Battle: Veterans fighting for compensation

Veterans who have suffered injury from service can face years fighting for compensation.

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Radio News Showreel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6C8...

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Excited to share all my latest showreels for radio, TV and voiceover work from 9 years of experience in the media industry (and 7 of those in the BBC). Have a watch/listen: TV Showreel for News: youtube.com/watch?v=A26MlB… #News #Journalist #Broadcaster #TV

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Protests took place last weekend in support for one particular candidate. Presidential hopefuls have until the 15th March to register their candidacy, we ask the question, "Can Romania's far right Calin Georgescu become President?" Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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The Inquiry - Can Romania’s far right Calin Georgescu become President? - BBC Sounds

Is there a path to power for Romania’s far right independent candidate Calin Georgescu?

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Not one but two programmes I've produced for The Inquiry for the @bbcworldservice.bsky.social are out this week - the first on Undersea cables and the second we published as a podcast ahead of the radio broadcast date next week because of the situation on the ground in #Romania

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Also congratulations to Gary on his recent RTS award - so well deserved!!

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Vicky @vickyecarter.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I recently had the privilege of working with the brilliant Gary O’Donoghue on a programme for The Inquiry and @bbcworldservice.bsky.social about Undersea Cables. It is a fascinating programme about how we all stay connected around the world. Have a listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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The Inquiry - Can the world rely on its undersea cable network? - BBC Sounds

How secure are the 1.5 million kilometres of fibre-optic cables keeping us connected?

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Alex Taylor @tayloredword.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

'Montoya, por favor!' As clips from Spain's Temptation Island go globally viral, I spoke to the show's executive producer Juanra Gonzalo and The Sun's Lottie Hulme to explore why, if the show could ever be shown in the UK and where this leaves reality TV www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Temptation Island: How 'Montoya, por favor!' broke the internet

As clips from Spain's Temptation Island go viral, the BBC speaks to the show's executive producer.

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