nIGEL THOMPSON
JournalisM i BROADCASTING i Communications i Podcasts I Videos

Nigel Thompson

Podcasts, Radio and Voiceover
Media Training
Social Media
Blogs and PR support

“Nigel is an excellent communicator with a real flair for working with and in the media. He is a fantastic podcaster - delivering thought-provoking and well-polished podcasts, capturing the best sound-bites, and turning these into top-quality content quickly for use in communications. Nigel has a positive can-do attitude and is a pleasure to work with.”
“We had not had any podcast experience before starting out on Transforming Tomorrow and Nigel helped us understand how to create the podcast. His editing skills were terrific and we loved working with him.”
The University of Cumbria is introducing seven compelling podcasts showcasing work destined to make a difference.
Commissioned from Nigel Thompson who also presents the podcasts, the short, fast-paced episodes bring to the forefront the passion and determination of leading academics sharing their subjects.
A podcast episode which focused on mental health and well being produced for Citizens Advice has been trending in Germany.
The series, When Life Gives You Lemons, was created to help spread ‘life advice’ on a wide range of topics.
Thanks to everyone who made 2024 such a fascinating, varied and rewarding year for me.
From film-making and media training to a return to reporting with a dynamic and rapidly developing news website, this year has been full of surprises.
🎧 As well as making an increasingly wide variety of podcasts I also collaborate with some amazingly talented friends like Sheenah Alcock to create some cracking videos too.
“This wonderful podcast by Nigel Thompson MCIPR Chart.PR captures the many voices and perspectives of participants in our international conference ‘Witchcraft and Human Rights: Implementing Resolution 47/8’ at Lancaster University in September 2024.”
Buried is the award-winning true-crime series digging into some of the most disturbing environmental stories in history.
It was a pleasure to be asked to facilitate an interview with a contributor for the most recent edition of the programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Providing media training, especially helping academics to tell their story, is one area where I can share my experience from life behind the mic.
In what’s a first for the charity, Citizens Advice North Lancashire, working in partnership with Bay Health Festivals, has launched its own podcast series, aimed at guiding listeners through the various challenges life can present.
Barrow's Dock Museum has had a makeover allowing for more artefacts from the archives to go on display.
A preview look for Cumbria Crack and Morecambe Bay Podcast along with an article offers an insight into rarely seen history.
The man in charge of running a Cumbria-based rail business has told me how he hopes the industry will develop as a sustainable alternative to road transport.
I was delighted to secure an interview with Gottfried Eymer who has had a lifetime association with the rail industry and brings experience as well as new ideas to Nuclear Transport Solutions’ rail division.
A two day conference at Lancaster University saw delegates from around the world take part in discussions which are aimed at building on a powerful UN mandate that the group have successfully lobbied for.
'Huge thanks for this superb podcast! You've captured not just the story of what we've attempted to achieve with our jukebox project but the spirit of it too - warm, friendly, accessible and fun.'
The words of george harris who's one of the contributors to the latest episode of my hobby project, The Morecambe Bay Podcast.
Transforming Tomorrow, the podcast created for Lancaster University's Pentland Centre, has been nominated for an award.
🎬 That's a wrap!
🎙 58 episodes and trails recorded at Lancaster University, on the road and - literally - in the field!
It's been tremendous fun to work with the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business, part of Lancaster University Management School, to create something special - a podcast featuring two knowledgeable presenters and a host of great guests.
I’m delighted to start a ‘new’ commission - back to my roots reporting for Cumbria’s Business Crack.
I was delighted to be asked to report on the General Election for Sky News in west Cumbria.
Three articles I was commissioned to write about Imagination Lancaster’s design festival have now been published.
A second series of podcasts commissioned by Lancaster University’s Law School has been recorded and are now available.
Working with students who researched and designed the content I recorded and edited the Street Law series which provides an insight into some of the most talked about legal issues.
Capturing as many of the elements as possible in a limited time is a challenge many radio reporters have faced over the years: podcasting offers a new way of telling the kind of stories that otherwise would have been overlooked.
The Festival of Futures at Lancaster University explored how design research can respond to an array of local and global challenges. From healthy ageing and artificial intelligence to biomaterials and the climate crisis, this year's event was an inspiring insight.
recent work
“I am proud to have started my journey working on the Morecambe Visitor newspaper but have made programmes for BBC Radio 4, won awards as a BBC health correspondent and have worked and broadcast all over the UK…”

