Please see below recommendations and comments from some of the people I have worked with:

 

Chris Barney – Former Media Manager, Swansea City Football Club

“Jonathan’s knowledge and enthusiasm for sport is reflected throughout his work.

His enthusiasm is infectious to his colleagues, and is a great team player.

We thoroughly enjoy having him as part of our media team at Swansea City – he would be a great addition to any sporting company.”

 

Paul Berry – Former Media Relations Manager, Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club

“Jonathan initially came in to Wolves whilst studying at the University of Staffordshire and worked as part of a small team carrying out pre-match video packages with our Head Coach.

More recently he has produced some written work for our official club website including extensive interviews with former players and produced creative feature ideas from his own initiative.

All of the work we have received has been of a high quality – Jonathan is clearly meticulous and professional in his research and his written work is of an impressive standard.”

 

Ryan Parrish – Former Media Executive, Leeds United Football Club

“Jonathan has produced several high-quality articles which we have been delighted to publish on the Leeds United official website.

He worked comfortably within deadlines set and to a very good standard, with plenty of research evident. The articles – a mix of retro and current features – proved to be popular with the club’s fan-base, underlining Jonathan’s ability to cater for different audiences.

Jonathan has been a pleasure to deal with and I have no doubts that we will make a good career for himself in the sports journalism industry.”

 

Jack Wells – Former Publications Editor, Swansea City Football Club

“It’s been a pleasure working with Jonathan, who has contributed to a number of Swansea City official matchday programmes over the course of the 2015-16 season.

His articles are written to an excellent standard, while he is always exceptionally punctual when adhering to deadlines.”

 

Mark Absolon – Deputy Sport Editor, Yorkshire Post Newspapers

“Jonathan spent a week with us on the Yorkshire Post/Evening Post sports desk and proved himself to be an excellent sports journalist in the making.

He wrote stories and reports for our midweek supplement The Goals, a host of football tales for both our websites, snooker stories for in paper and on the website whilst also helping to update our social media output on Twitter.

Given his talent, enthusiasm and dedication, I feel sure Jonathan will have no difficulty finding a job in the industry.”

 

Jamie Shaw – Editor, Livesnooker.com and Live-Darts.com

“Jonathan is a highly skilled writer and reporter with a top calibre of contacts in his areas of work.

The passion that he has for his work stands him apart from others and this shines through in the quality of his content.

I am often impressed by the speed and efficiency of his work and the dynamic content he produces.

Overall, Jonathan is a professional individual and a pleasure to work with.”

 

Chris Devine – Former Sports Editor, Omnisport News

“Jonny has worked as a freelancer for Perform since August 2014 and quickly established himself as a reliable, hard-working and knowledgeable member of our live text team.

He responds well to feedback and obviously takes pride in the copy he produces.”

 

Nick Teale – Former Media Officer, Matchroom Sport

“Jonathan is a hard-working, enthusiastic and talented journalist who proved a real asset to our media output when working at our snooker events.

Reliable and able to work independently and to deadline, his live text commentaries, preview pieces and video interviews required relatively little guidance and sub-editing for a final-year student.

We were impressed by his attitude and ability to work and had the utmost confidence to invite Jonathan to cover an additional event for us, this time in pool.

While Jonathan had an understanding of the event, his prior knowledge was not as expert as with snooker. However, his dedication and ability to adapt meant Jonathan proved just as valuable as he had been when covering snooker.”

 

Ivan Hirschowitz – Press Officer, World Snooker

“Jonathan has written several articles for our official printed and online material and it has always been to a high standard.

He has also worked in our media centres at several major tournaments, and we have found him an enthusiastic and reliable journalist.”