WILDLIFE & RURAL AFFAIRS Presenter and DOCUMENTARY MAKER
About mariclare
Mariclare Carey-Jones is a talented Presenter and Broadcast Journalist, who has travelled the world recording television and radio programmes. She has presented a range of formats from a light entertainment, to current affairs and news programmes, but her great passions are wildlife and rural affairs and this is the area she now specialises in with her work.
Mariclare can currently be heard presenting and reporting on Radio 4 for ‘On Your Farm’ and ‘Farming Today’, and also on ‘Country Focus’ for BBC Radio Wales. In addition, Mariclare is a documentary film maker. Her latest project, Pierre’s Tale, is due to be released soon. Her last film called ‘Saving Gentle Giants’, which she presented and produced herself, was a documentary about elephant conservation in Laos. The film won several film festival awards including Best Short Film at the S.O.F.A. Wildlife Film Festival, and Gold at the Spotlight Documentary Film Awards.
Previously, Mariclare presented ‘Animal Sanctuary’ for the Made Television Network, and she has fronted many news features on countryside issues for ITV Wales and she was a rural affairs reporter for Wales Live on BBC One Wales.
Alongside a Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism, Mariclare also has a Masters in Wildlife and Conservation Management. Her masters dissertation was an investigation into the UK primate pet trade and she was asked to write about her findings for the Primate Society of Great Britain’s magazine, ‘Primate Eye’.
As a teenager, Mariclare spent most of her time outdoors with ponies and horses. She was a member of both the Wales and GB Junior Showjumping Teams, competing at shows across the UK and Europe.
Mariclare now supports a range of animal charities, she is also a member of the International Tortoise Association and a volunteer at the Frenchie & Friends Foundation dog rescue.
“The first time I ever heard Mariclare in action, I was judging ‘Best Radio Journalist’ at the Cardiff Student Media Awards – her audio shone and she picked up the prize. Since then, it’s been great to watch her career grow, from Red Dragon FM, to ITV Wales, to Radio 4. She’s bright, intelligent, confident, independent and would be a great asset to anyone who works with her.”
Steve Austins – Creative Director, Bengo Media