Davy Sims

Davy Sims has won broadcasting and new media awards in London, New York, Dublin and Belfast. He worked in BBC radio for most of his career, mainly in Radio Ulster but also in London as senior producer then chief producer in BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 4.

In 2001 he became editor New Media in BBC Northern Ireland and was part of the team the revolutionised BBC Online which became BBC New Media.

Davy began experimenting with podcasting in 2008 and produced several series for the Irish Football Association and Momentum – the former representative body of the Information Technology industry in Northern Ireland.

He began his career in 1978 aged 22 when he joined the local independent radio station for Northern Ireland, Downtown Radio. As a freelance he presented an evening weekday programme. He became fulltime a few months later.

At Downtown, Davy specialised in music and in particular new and emerging bands from Northern Ireland.

He joined the BBC in 1986 where he produced, magazine programmes, music programmes, news and current affairs, social action, travel, religious affairs and general programmes. In 1999 he became the first internet (BBC Online) producer in BBC Northern Ireland.

Davy now spends time between Northern Ireland and Slovenia. He occasionally lectures on Radio Production for Journalists in Dublin and on Journalism and Emerging Media in Ljubljana.

Davy can be found on Twitter @davysims, or through his blog davysims.com