James Dunn
James Dunn links elite football coverage with the stories of supporters and local culture, reporting and presenting sport across television, radio and online for the BBC’s South East output.
Brighton and FA Cup stories
His football coverage includes work on Brighton & Hove Albion’s progress in major competitions, such as his reporting around the club’s ambitions to win silverware in the FA Cup.
He connects the stakes of cup runs with the expectations and emotions of supporters, using straightforward match narratives as a frame for what success would mean to the club and its following. Alongside fixtures, he covers Brighton-linked events like an Albion-themed play, focusing on how a fan remembers his father through the production and the club they shared.
Supporter-led and community sport in the South East
James covers “all things sport” for the BBC’s regional television news programme serving audiences in Kent and Sussex, giving regular space to local clubs and their supporters alongside professional teams. His Brighton fan and Albion play piece shows how he uses sport as an entry point into family stories, memory and local culture rather than treating it solely as results and statistics.
This approach carries through his regional work, where sport segments often draw on interviews, personal testimony and community projects to show how games and clubs sit inside everyday life in the South East.
Multi-platform regional reporting
James works as a sports reporter and presenter for BBC South East, fronting stories on screen while also contributing written and digital coverage.
His professional background spans print, online and broadcast, including experience in national digital newsrooms, which underpins his ability to move a story between formats and tailor it for bulletins, longer packages or web pieces. He is a multi-skilled journalist who films and edits his own material, scripts reports, and helps produce programmes, combining technical production skills with on-air presentation.
This gives him scope to follow a story from initial reporting through to the final broadcast package, whether that is a short update in a sports bulletin or a fuller feature on regional sport.
Visibility and outreach around sport
Beyond day-to-day reporting, James’s work has been recognised in regional journalism shortlists, reflecting his profile within the South East news and sport landscape. He has spoken to young people in schools about his job, explaining what a career in sport reporting and presenting involves and how regional broadcasting works.
His public professional presence emphasises sport reporting and presenting across platforms, marking him out as a consistent face and voice for South East sport within the BBC’s output.
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