Our People
All of the Channel56 teams are experts, with over 20 years of experience working within the media industry both at national and international level.
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Alan Morton is considered one of Northern Ireland’s leading media specialists. Since 2000, he has delivered numerous broadcast, print media and crisis management training programmes. His career in the media industry began 20 years ago as a freelance reporter, producer and media consultant. Alan has been the Ireland Reporter for Associated Press Television News for over 10years and has worked on BBC, UTV and C4 productions.He has reported on Northern Ireland politics for countless international news organisations. Alan is a director of Visionworks Television and Archer Communications, both Channel56 sister companies. |
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Maggie is Channel56's manager and organises and manages every aspect of the training and workshops. For most clients Maggie represents the first point of contact. Her understanding of the media business means that she is well equipped to deal with your company’s needs and decide upon your next step with a minimum of fuss. Maggie has also trained with the Irish Image Consultants Institute and can help clients develop and enhance their personal and professional image. |
Director, Visionworks Television Ltd
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Irwin Armstrong began his career over 15 years ago as a professional cameraman filming mainly news assignments for local and national broadcasters such as BBC, TV am, TG4, Associated Press and others.
Irwin has vast experience of working both on hard news and documentary pieces during the Gulf Wars, Sudan, Nepal and Kosovo as well as here in Northern Ireland. Irwin continues to work on documentary and programme work as well as commercial production. His working knowledge of filming live and pre recorded interviews for broadcast adds exceptional value to the Channel56 team delivery. |
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Malachi O’Doherty is one of the most distinctive voices in Northern Ireland. He is a regular commentator on political and social affairs through his columns and features in newspapers, radio and television.
He writes a weekly talk slot on the BBC’s flagship Talkback Programme and appears regularly as a witty and acerbic analyst on Hearts and Minds. (BBC Northern Ireland).
In addition, he writes on Northern Irish affairs for The Irish Times and has published two books (The Trouble With Guns 1998, I Was A Teenage Catholic 2003) with a third, The Telling Year, to be published in the spring of 2007. He is also a widely experienced trainer in media skills, writing and political awareness. Malachi reports with Visionworks and is regular ‘trainer’ in our ongoing media training courses. He also assists with writing bespoke training scenarios. |
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Professor Paul Moorcraft has worked for ‘Time’ magazine, the BBC and most of
the Western TV networks as a freelance producer/foreign correspondent. He has
considerable relevant experience having lectured full-time at ten major universities
in journalism, politics and international relations. He is a visiting professor in Cardiff
University’s School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Europe’s leading
journalism department.
He is the founder and director of the Centre for Foreign Policy Analysis, London. The centre is dedicated to conflict resolution. Recently he has been working in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine/Israel, Sudan and Nepal advising on the development of an eff ective media policy. He has also worked recently in China on improving Beijing’s policy on Darfur. A current project of the Centre is the role of the International Criminal Court in Africa, compared with African models, such as South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Process. The Centre is co-sponsoring, with the Royal United Services Institute, an international conference on justice and reconciliation in Africa in Whitehall on 26 November 2007. |
