Anne-Marie Tomchak

Webit Speaker, Reporter & Presenter, BBC Trending

Anne-Marie Tomchak is a reporter and presenter on BBC Trending - one of the BBC’s most exciting and creative innovations. She brings an expert voice and original journalism to the BBC’s social media coverage on its domestic and international news outlets and social platforms. Having successfully launched Trending in 2013, Anne-Marie is currently one of the creative forces behind the team’s video content on BBC World News. She’s a multi-platform digital journalist broadcasting to millions of people on live television, presenting on BBC World Service radio and blogging on www.bbc.com/trending. In 2014 she was nominated for a Radio Academy Award for Innovation after breaking a story about the ‘offer’ of illegal drugs on Instagram, which led to a change in policy by the platform. She uses social media to find, develop and break stories and applies traditional journalistic practices and analytics tools to report on the real stories behind the trends. In 2015, Anne-Marie was part of the BBC team nominated for a Webby Award in the category Social News and Information. This is one of the highest accolades for digital content makers.

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