Adam Porter
Podcaster at Self-employed
About
I'm the podcaster behind The Water Road, after 24 years as a BBC radio news journalist.
Experiences
- Podcaster at Self-employedHost a canal podcast I record on my phone
The Independent Podcast Awards judges highly commended it, and The Times, the FT and The Guardian reviewed it.
- NarrowboatMoved out of our house to live aboard our narrowboat
It came at the same time as I took voluntary redundancy after 24 years at the BBC, to write and make a canal podcast.
- Broadcast Journalist at BBC NewsRead the news on Zoe Ball's Radio 2 breakfast show
I had a great time in the BBC radio newsroom, writing bulletins for Radios 2, 3, 4 and 6Music and reading on 5live too.
- Canal BoatTested new canal boats for Canal Boat magazine
My first was a seven-page test in August 2008. Living afloat ended the tests, so now I write waterways travel pieces.
- News Editor at Hits & Greatest Hits Radio AdvertisingStarted out in commercial radio news before the BBC
I was news editor for Hits & Greatest Hits Radio, and later told The Frequency Funhouse podcast how it all began.