Jen Thomas

Radio Presenter, Journalist, Blogger

There are several things that I love in life. Pizza, tattoos, writing, flamingos, woodland animals…..and radio. Since January I’ve been presenting a show called The SRA Selector, and had interviews and guests such as Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, The Amazons, The Pale White, Counterfeit and many more, including local heroes HECK,the gloriously named Taco …

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I'm now a monthly columnist in the @Nottingham_Post First one was on social media legacies. https://t.co/8aUdLrq3Ng pic.twitter.com/DSSQN15GDc — Jen Thomas (@JournoJenThomas) November 21, 2015 How has it been two months at Nottingham Trent Uni already? In some ways it feels like a lot longer as so much has happened.  I’ve got an internship at Capital …

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Freshers week 2007. I was 21, convinced I was ancient, and wearing what passed for a gothic version of school disco fancy dress. That ill-fated stint of education ended prematurely after a mere three month whirlwind of terrible outfits, fire alarms at 4am, and the joys of writing shorthand to Katie Melua songs. I was …

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That’s right! At the age of 29 I’m going to be a not-so-mature student (come on, I wear flamingo print trainers and have a tattoo of Hello Kitty as Edward Scissorhands.) I’ve got an unconditional place to study Broadcast Journalism at Nottingham Trent Uni from September and it is safe to say that I.Am. Very. …

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