Helen Blaby

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Helen Blaby
Born	Northamptonshire, England
Years active	2004–present
Website
Radio Northampton - Helen Blaby

Helen Blaby is a radio host and reporter with the BBC and a newspaper columnist.

Biography

Beginning in 2004, she was the breakfast traffic reporter for BBC Five Live, including reporting during a 2005 storm live from her home,^[1] until January 2010 when she began reporting during the drivetime slot.^[2] Since then, she has been a presenter on BBC Northampton, hosting 4-6pm Monday-Friday and 9am-12pm on Sunday. She has also worked as a cover presenter for BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

Her travel reporting was referred to in a British Journalism Review article by media executive and broadcaster Matthew Bannister.^[3]

In 2009, she was one of several in the news business interviewed by The Independent on what it's like being single and in the media.^[4]

Blaby, who is from Northamptonshire, is also a columnist for her local newspaper, Northampton Chronicle & Echo.^[5]

References

↑ The Telegraph, "Helen Blaby reporting from home," Dec. 28, 2005
↑ Northampton Chronicle & Echo, "New radio slot for BBC travel girl Helen Blaby," Jan. 21, 2010
↑ British Journalism Review, "Suddenly, my hands were shaking," 2005
↑ The Independent, "Inside Story: Successful singletons on going it alone in media," July 3, 2006
↑ Northhamption Chronicle & Echo,

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