Anna Hill
Anna Hill is a British radio presenter and journalist[1] who presents Farming Today on BBC Radio 4.
Career
[edit]Hill's first job involved sewing trousers for a company in Wiltshire.[2]
Hill has a post-graduate diploma in radio journalism from the London College of Printing[1] and also studied American Studies at the University of Kent at Canterbury.[3]
Following the completion of her post-graduate diploma, Hill worked for a year and a half at a number of local radio stations. She joined the BBC as a reporter in 1986.[2]
From 1990 until 2001, Hill was a continuity announcer and newsreader at BBC Radio 4.[3]
In 1995, Hill joined Farming Today, a programme covering news relating to, and current affairs within, UK agriculture, on BBC Radio 4.[4] As of September 2017, she had been a presenter of the programme for over 20 years.[5] She remains a presenter of the programme, along with Charlotte Smith and Caz Graham.
As of 2019, Hill had been a director of the Oxford Farming Conference since 2017.[2]
As of 2023, Hill was also a presenter of On Your Farm on BBC Radio 4.[6]
Hill also chairs conferences, such as an OECD Rural Development conference, and writes for a variety of publications.[2] She has also reported for Countryfile and the BBC World Service about agricultural issues in countries other than the UK.[4] She won Gold Sony Award for an episode of On Your Farm which featured a family whose dairy farm had been flooded.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Hill grew up in Dorset, and in a 2017 interview described herself as a fan of the poetry of Henry Thoreau and of kayaking.[4] As of 2019, she lived in Norwich.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "First International Workshop on Farm Radio Broadcasting". www.fao.org. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ a b c d e "I never said... Q&A with Anna Hill | Oxford Farming Conference". www.ofc.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ a b Hill, Anna. "Anna Hill | LinkedIn". Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ a b c "Three new directors join the OFC Council | Oxford Farming Conference". www.ofc.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ a b "My Countryside interview: Anna Hill". www.countryfile.com. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - On Your Farm, Strawberries All Year Round". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-15.