Jason Bourne
Football Editor @talkSPORT
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WORK HISTORY
Football Editor @talkSPORT
London, GB
oversee talkSPORT\'s live football coverage, which includes more than 490 live football matches in the 2024/25 season including the Premier League, EFL, Champions League, Women\'s Euro 2025 and Club World Cup- helped talkSPORT network achieve record audience of 3.9m listeners (RAJAR Q1, 2025)- part of the team organising and overseeing coverage of 2022 World Cup in Qatar; producer at games in Doha, including the opening game, key group games, key knockout matches and a semi-final- part of the team organising and overseeing coverage of Euro 2020; producer at Hampden Park for Glasgow-based games- brought talkSPORT\'s first and second female football commentators to air in June 2023 and September 2024, respectively- part of the team organising the challenging return of football in summer 2020; Project Restart producer at Premier League, Champions League and EFL fixtures- ARIAS 2024: winner of Best Sports Coverage for GameDay- SJA British Sports Journalism Awards 2019: winner of Sports Network of the Year for talkSPORT- Commercial Radio News Awards 2021, 2022 and 2023: winner of Best Sports Coverage for GameDay Exclusive on talkSPORT; 2023 Champions League Final coverage on talkSPORT- broke Ed Woodward was leaving Manchester United in April 2021 as a talkSPORT exclusive, resulting in unprecedented digital traffic for talkSPORT\'s website and social media platforms- attend press conferences and conduct interviews with Premier League managers and players- feature writer for talkSPORT.com, including exclusive interviews with Enzo Maresca and Harry Winks.
EDUCATION
University of the Arts London
Postgraduate Diploma, Broadcast Journalism
De Montfort University
BA (Hons), Business Studies
SKILLS
ABOUT JASON BOURNE
For more than a decade, I have a proven track record of planning and producing compelling live football content for talkSPORT and the BBC. From the 2022 World Cup, Euro 2020, Premier League, 2019 Women’s World Cup, Champions League, and showpiece events at Wembley, I have vast experience of managing talent, organising events at home and abroad, and working with some of the biggest organisations in the sporting world.
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