Portfolio - Emma Beggan

My Recent Work

Featured Articles

I regularly freelance as a production journalist at ITV News' Granada Reports. I take a lead on adapting broadcasted packages and interviews for articles for the website and social media. I also had the opportunity to organise, create and adapt my own package for ITV (featured below).

Here is a sample of some articles I have written:

ITV News • 26th March 2026

'Nothing's helped': 20 years waiting for endometriosis diagnosis | ITV News

A woman who waited more than two decades to be diagnosed with Endometriosis is calling for more research into the condition.
It has no cure, but affects 1.5 million women in the UK.

ITV News • 30th January 2026

Pride to return to Manchester's Gay Village in 2026 | ITV News

Manchester Pride will return in 2026 following questions about the future of the annual celebration. The four-day event will return under a not-for-profit, Community Interest Company, the council has confirmed.

ITV News • 26th May 2026

The campaign urging big brands to 'Think North' | ITV News

A campaign urging big brands to work with Northern creatives has been launched in the North West.
' Think North' is celebrating Manchester and the wider Northern creative scene and pushing for greater visibility and investment in Northern talent.

ITV News • 21st April 2026

One of the UK's oldest jazz bands play last gig after 77 years performing | ITV News

One of the UK's oldest jazz bands has played their final gig after 77 years of performing. The Merseysippi Jazz Band - originally known as The Wallasey Rhythm Kings - were famously the first act to play at Liverpool’s Cavern Club in 1957, four years before The Beatles.

ITV News • 6th April 2026

'The pain feels like barbed wire': New endometriosis pathway to improve care | ITV News

A new NHS North West pathway is aiming to improve treatment and reduce waiting times for people with endometriosis.

ITV News • 20th July 2026

'Time will tell': What do North West voters think of Andy Burnham? | ITV News

Voters from across the North West say "time will tell" whether Andy Burnham can make the step up from Mayor of Greater Manchester to the top job in British politics.

ITV News • 2nd February 2026

Speedo Mick begins seven day trip to Arctic for charity | ITV News

A fundraiser known for carrying out challenges dressed just in his swimming trunks has begun his latest charity effort alongside an Olympian - a seven day trek through the Arctic.

ITV News • 31st March 2026

Family's desperate plea for drug that could slow teen's degenerative disease | ITV News

A teenage boy has travelled 1,000 miles to receive vital treatment for a rare neurological condition. Jake McGregor-How, 16, has Friedreich's Ataxia, a degenerative brain condition that affects balance, mobility, speech and eventually the heart.

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