Maria Byrne
- Business
- Editing
- Producing
- Recording
- Reporting
- Scripting
- Voice
- Writing
- Teaching
About Maria
Producer of podcasts: Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel (BBC, 2017), No Body Recovered (BBC, 2019) and Third Squad (Airloom Media/iHeartMedia, 2021).
Journalist with 15 years' experience working as a field producer covering international news at the BBC.
Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow 2020.
Maria's Portfolio
Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel
The story of the murder that changed the course of Chinese politics. Working with BBC China Editor Carrie Gracie we investigated the death of a British man, Neil Heywood, in Chongqing in 2011.
No Body Recovered
When a child goes missing there is one thing worse than finding a body—and that’s not finding a body. This is the story of the disappearance of six-year-old Mary Boyle in Ireland in 1977 and the people who were left behind.
Third Squad
The story of 12 Marines, one journalist and 20 years of war in Afghanistan.
Experience
Skills
- Mixing
- Tape Syncs
- Story Editing
- Show Development
- Research
- Reporting
- Producing
- Mentoring
- Logistics and Coordination
- Interviewing
- Hosting
- Field Recording
- Field Producing
- Contract Review
- Budgeting
- Audio Engineering
Equipment
- Zoom H5 recorder
- Audio-Technica Condenser Microphone (AT8010)
- Rode NTG2 Multi-Powered Condenser Shotgun Microphone
- Zoom Digital Multitrack Recorder (F2-BT)
Previous Work
- Senior Producer at BBC News (2005 - 2019)