The Old Bradfordian community is truly international, with more than 6,000 OBs based across 40 countries. We love hearing about OB’s international experiences and used lockdown as an excuse to reach out to find out what some have been up to. To see the ‘Where in the World’ feature in its entirety, read pages 36-41 in The Old Bradfordian 2020 magazine.

Andrew moved abroad after graduating from Edinburgh University in 2001.

‘I didn’t have a plan; I just wanted an adventure – and to delay what seemed like an inevitable move to London’, Andrew recalls.

Andrew ended up in broadcast journalism after a stint in advertising/PR. He got some freelance work at Deutsche Welle (Germany’s equivalent of the BBC World Service) and went on to help them set up a 24/7 rolling news station in 2015. He is now the deputy head of TV news in Berlin where he runs a newsroom reacting to breaking global events.

‘This is perfect for me because I’m an absolute news junkie. It’s also given me the opportunity to meet some incredible people and to work on special projects like developing new TV shows for young audiences in Africa and Asia’, says Andrew.

Andrew would encourage anyone considering working abroad to go for it. ‘Even though it can be tough at first, young people in particular have so much to gain and so little to lose from the experience.’