KD
Katie
Dennison
Award-winning
documentary maker
About Me
I am a self-shooting journalist with a deep passion for documentary filmmaking, specialising in natural history, sports, and women's rights.
In 2020, I had the privilege of being part of an award-winning team for the short documentary When Sex Games Go Wrong, which I directed and co-edited. You can watch the documentary by visiting the Documentaries tab above.
This project was honoured with two prestigious awards:
Best Documentary at the HER International Film Festival
The BJTC Award for Best TV Feature
I am highly proficient in shooting with devices such as the iPhone, Panasonic AG-SC90A, and Sony NX100. My editing expertise spans a variety of platforms, including Adobe Premiere Pro, KineMaster, iMovie, and Wondershare Filmora9.
In June 2020, I completed my MA in Television Journalism at City, University of London, graduating with Merit. Throughout this program, I honed my skills in presenting, directing, producing, and editing.
Despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, I successfully completed the final segment of my coursework remotely, including a seven-minute documentary as my capstone project.
Prior to this, I earned a BA Hons in Geography from the University of Oxford, graduating with a 2:1.
Recent Work Experience
Mar - Aug 2020
Riverside Radio
Presenter and contributor
The volunteer run radio station caters to listeners across South West London, providing non-stop listening throughout the week. As part of the sports output team, I am worked to develop their coverage of women’s sport within the patch, such as local hockey, netball, football, rugby and cricket matches.
Jan – Mar 2020
Studio Lambert
Development researcher
At Studio Lambert, I joined the development team, every Wednesday, working on new ideas for programme formats. The company have produced award winning content, such as Gogglebox and The Circle, and therefore are keen to develop new and exciting content for broadcasters. I was in charge of proof reading treatments as well as researching potential talent. I also pitched several ideas for new programmes during the weekly meeting.
Sept - Dec 2019
BBC - The One Show
Researcher and set runner
The One Show is a bastion of British magazine programming, broadcast every weeknight to an audience of roughly 3 million. Each Wednesday, at the One Show I worked across the feature development team, the package team and the studio team. My responsibilities included researching potential talent, developing a new rolling feature which I then had to pitch to the team, and assisting the studio runners on busy evenings during the live broadcasts, particularly with the movement of talent.
Education
2019 - 2020
City, University of London
MA - Television Journalism
Merit
I completed modules in: Media Law; Journalism Ethics; Studio Production; Social and Digital Journalism; Data Journalism; and News Gathering.
I also received voice training from Sandy Warr and mobile journalism training from Toby Sadler.
As part of my MA I worked as part of team, directing, co-producing and co-editing a short documentary entitled When Sex Games Go Wrong. This project won Best TV Feature at the BJTC awards, in November, 2020.
2016 - 2019
University of Oxford
BA (Hons) - Geography
2.1
I completed modules in: Human Geography; Environmental Geography; Biodiversity, Biogeography and Conservation; Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations; and Geographies of Nature.
My dissertation title: Urban green spaces and the people who use them: A mixed method approach to cultural ecosystem services