Sarah Moore (journalist)
British journalist and academic (fl. 2025)
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Sarah Jones, also known as Sarah Moore, is a former British television reporter and presenter. Moore is now an academic and professor having worked at numerous British higher education institutions and since June 2024, has been the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Education at Solent University in Southampton. [1]
Moore grew up in Redditch,[2] Worcestershire,[3] England and studied Philosophy at the University of Warwick.[3] Whilst at University she competed nationally in Latin and Ballroom dancing.[3] She then studied at Cardiff Journalism School,[3] whilst at the same time gaining work experience as a weekend news editor for a radio station in Wolverhampton, where she produced and presented news bulletins.[4] She undertook her course work placement at ITV Central. [citation needed]
Media career
Her media career began as a reporter and presenter in 2003, working for ITV Central, where she won two awards for an investigation into drug-rape.[3] In 2006 she moved to ITV News working as a reporter, before in October 2006 moving to GMTV, where she covered stories in Europe, the Caribbean and the UK.[3] In summer 2007 she became New York Correspondent for GMTV, a post she held until August 2010. Amongst other stories she reported from the campaign trail with Hillary Clinton in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections.[3]
She played a role in the first Sex and the City movie after auditioning as part of a story.[5]
Academic career
During the 2009/10 academic year she lectured on journalism at London Metropolitan University and gained her teaching qualifications.[3] In September 2010 she moved to the University of Salford where she began to teach broadcast journalism.[3][4] Moore was Head of the Birmingham School of Media at Birmingham City University.[citation needed] Moore holds a PhD from Coventry University (2019): her thesis title was "Locating presence: from storytelling to storyliving in immersive experiences".[6] She has published extensively on virtual and augmented reality, while continuing to make and create immersive experiences.[citation needed] Moore held the role Pro-Vice Chancellor of Academic Enhancement and Research at the University of Gloucestershire.[citation needed] She has an executive MBA from De Montfort University.[7]
In June 2024, Moore was appointed the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Education at Solent University in Southampton.[1]