Presenting and podcasts

Jonelle co-hosts Reliable Sauce, the BBC's weekly news podcast for younger audiences, where she presents her trend reports on how online trends affect people in real life. She has covered the King's Coronation, London Fashion Week, general election nights and results day for BBC News.

Beyond the BBC she spoke at Cannes Lions 2024 for BBC Studios, hosted Prime Video's Young Adult Originals Showcase in London, and presented the Upgrade Yourself series for Somerset House.

Television

At the BBC News Channel, one of the most-watched live news sources in the world, Jonelle worked as an output producer — scripting, editing clips, making graphics and interviewing guests on the biggest stories of the day, including the Queen's Platinum Jubilee and the 2022 Conservative leadership contest. She has self-shot, produced and reported three original films for the Channel, and made educational film for BBC Bitesize.

Radio

In 2020 Jonelle began producing for BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service, which alone reaches around 279 million people a week. Her work includes The Reith Lectures, When Katty Met Carlos, The Global Philosopher and Money Box, where she also appeared on air. She presented the Premier League Inspires Challenge, encouraging young footballers to give back to their communities.

Writing

Jonelle won NewsQuest's Most Read Young Reporter award the following year for the impact of her local reporting. She writes for BBC News online and has been published in Refinery29, including a personal essay on becoming the story when her hair went viral.

Early career

As an undergraduate at the University of Nottingham, Jonelle was elected Head of News at NSTV, leading a team and presenting and producing two weekly shows. NSTV won Best Broadcaster at the NaSTA Awards, Highly Commended Award for News and Current Affairs alongside five others. She was a weekly panellist on Social Talk on BBC Radio Nottingham, and at twenty was a finalist in BBC New Voices, a presenter search aimed at 25–35s.

She has presented professionally since 2017, beginning with live educational seminars for Spaghetti Maths and Elevate Education across the UK. She presented a film explaining UK politics for the Economist Educational Foundation and has hosted the Studentpreneur Conference and the UK Youth Gala Dinner 2019, attended by HRH Princess Anne, which raised over £107,000 for youth services.

Social action

#iWill Ambassador (2019). Selected through the Step Up To Serve initiative, working with a government advisory group via DCMS and the Back Youth Alliance to influence the charity, policy and education sectors. Co-wrote a paper for the Chartered Teachers Journal in 2020.

United Nations delegate (2019). Attended the 63rd Commission on the Status of Women in New York with the National Council of Women, representing 33.46 million women and girls in the UK and advocating for new approaches to gender equality. She wrote the report on the mandate used by other NCW members.

Member of Youth Parliament (2016). Elected from a field of twenty to represent around 91,000 young people. Led a campaign to improve local mental health services and made an awareness film screened at a local cinema and covered by the Evening Standard. After a tram crash in her area killed two young people, she addressed the House of Commons to push for stronger transport safety measures, and held the Mayor of London to account on the Ultra Low Emission Zone.

Parliamentary Ambassador (2018). Selected by the British Youth Council to champion change on the living wage, working with MPs, supporting select committees and leading discussions to put young people's voices in front of decision-makers.

Speaking

Jonelle has spoken at the Houses of Parliament, Microsoft HQ, St James's Palace, Cannes Lions and United Nations HQ in New York, on internet trends, youth engagement, digital culture and social action.

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