Years active 2004–present | Name Helen Blaby | |
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BBC Radio Northampton - John talks to Helen Blaby about the Chronicle subscribers -24-04-12
Helen Blaby is a radio host and reporter with the BBC and a newspaper columnist.
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- BBC Radio Northampton John talks to Helen Blaby about the Chronicle subscribers 24 04 12
- Biography
- References
Biography
Beginning in 2004, she was the breakfast traffic reporter for BBC Five Live, including reporting during a 2005 storm live from her home, until January 2010 when she began reporting during the drivetime slot. Since then, she has been a presenter on BBC Northampton, hosting Midday-2pm on a phone in show 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.
In 2006, she was one of several in the news business interviewed by The Independent on what it's like being single and in the media.
Blaby, who is from Northamptonshire, is also a columnist for her local newspaper, Northampton Chronicle & Echo.