Lily Morl
I'm a 22-year-old multimedia journalist.
About Me
Hi! I’m an avid young journalist with experience in broadcast, print and online. For me, I love going out and speaking to people. I love hearing stories and particularly from those whose voices have not been shared. I want to be the person who brings their story to life and to help vocalise it.
I've developed an expertise in health journalism and have produced a 24-minute documentary on transplant victims in the pandemic.
But, I also want to help people escape and bring smiles to people's faces. I like bringing light-hearted news to the forefront.
I am currently working as a trainee reporter at Reach PLC's BerkshireLive site. I also have bylines across their other news sites: SurreyLive, BuckinghamshireLive, and OxfordshireLive. I cover everything from breaking incidents to local news.
I graduated from the Centre for Journalism at the University of Kent with First Class Honours in Journalism in 2021. It's here I learnt the skills I needed to become a multimedia journalist and where I completed my NCTJ diploma.
Please take a look at my portfolio, which includes a mixture of print, TV, radio and online pieces.
Featured Stories
Viral Meningitis Awareness Week
PCOS: ‘A sentence to pain and complications.’
It can be hard to treat, manifesting itself in many different ways, and the cause of this mysterious syndrome remains unclear.
With symptoms ranging from bothersome to crippling, the c
UK’s first eight-organ transplant survivor leading the way
“I would have done anything. It was just, get me on the table. If you kill me, you kill me. Don’t worry just do what you got to do. I was putting myself up as a guinea pig.”
Adam sat wide awake in a chair. He was dosed up to his eyeballs, connected to feeding tubes and a Hickman line which desperately tried to pump nutrients into his heart and stomach. His intestines had failed. He was completely obstructed, throwing up what should have been coming out elsewhere. Adam thought, “I could have knocked myself out on the wall because I was in so much pain.” A doctor came over, holding a white sheet of paper, titled ‘DNR.’
Transplants: The patients on pause
Streets once again empty. Businesses and borders closed.
While the numbers of those infected and those who have died as a result of Covid is clear, what is perhaps more difficult to see and yet understand are the implications it is having on
other areas of our health care system.
Take patients waiting for transplants, for example.
During the UK’s first wave, in Spring 2020, the number of people receiving transplants dropped by 60% from 2019.
Many patients are missing out on life-saving organ transplant surgery, as hospitals shift their effort to handle Covid-19 cases.
This has forced suspended surgeries, and in some cases, transplant services closed their doors altogether.
My Skills
Proficient and experienced user of:
- Final Cut Pro
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Audition
- Adobe Indesign
- Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom
- Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
- Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
Teeline Shorthand 60wpm (100% Accuracy)
NCTJ Grade A in Essential Media law
Education
BA (Hons) Journalism
Centre for Journalism at the University of Kent. Waiting for results - currently averaging a First.
NCTJ Diploma
Working towards achieving a gold standard NCTJ Diploma.
A levels
Beauchamps High School 2016-18.
English Literature and language, Media, History and (AS) Law.
Awards
NCTJ 2022 'Student Project of the Year' for TV documentary 'Transplants: The Patients on Pause'
SPA Award 2021 Best Feature "Class of Covid-19": Highly Commended
SPA Shortlist Nominee 2021: Best Student Photographer
'The Human Experience: Know Justice, No Peace'. A Digital Art Exhibition: The People's Choice Award
Get in Touch
Online and print articles
Explore a featured selection of my work mostly produced during lockdown.
Police apology 'means nothing' after Reading custody death
Leroy Junior Medford, aged 44, died after officers at a police station in Reading failed to find drugs he had hidden. In a letter to Junior's family seen by BerkshireLive, Thames Valley Police's Deputy Chief Constable Jason Hogg apologised for his death.
He acknowledged that the fo
Bucks school pupils 'harassed' by Covid anti-vaxxers
Both Amersham School and Beaconsfield High School - where pupils are as young as 11 - have reported incidents of people targeting children with leaflets to the police.
Pupils leaving Amersham School in Stanley Hill on Monday, October 11, were targeted by two individuals, police have confirmed.
Read more: Hunt for teenagers behind arson attacks on village hall and
On the road with heroic blood bikers: 'You're helping people survive'
“I am a sucker for punishment,” he said.
"On call" means that, at very little notice, he can be awoken suddenly in the night and find himself riding his motorbike with a vital delivery for a hospital.
Read more: Warwickshire's best doctors surgeries as rated by patients - where does yours rank?
But James is not an NHS employee.
He’s a volunteer, one of 3,372 riders, drivers and controllers of the Nat
Pancreatic cancer patient emphasises swift diagnosis and treatment
For five years, Bryony Thomas, 41, had been plagued by fatigue and she felt like a part of her was screaming. She had always known something was wrong. In December 2019, she had friends round and her husband, Tom, made a lasagne of which Bryony had a decent siz
Number of long Covid sufferers double previous estimates
One in 10 people are still experiencing coronavirus symptoms – such as fatigue, coughing and headaches — 12 weeks after contracting the illness, according to figures released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Previous estimates by King’s College London suggested only one in 20 people might suffer symptoms lasting more than eight weeks.
Sarah Sutton had only been working
Cervical cancer patient urges women to attend smear tests
As part of Cervical Cancer Awareness Week, one woman who, after being diagnosed herself, is urging others to attend their appointments.
It was after a standard smear test that Elizabeth Ham, 34, found out she had cervical cancer. Despite not having any symptoms, she was diagnosed in November. She says it was thanks to that routine appointment that
Shop workers assaulted and “spat at” during Covid-19 pandemic
Research by the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) found nearly 80% of those questioned said abuse had been “worse than normal.
”Mike Adamson, a convenience store manager* said: “A colleague of mine at another shop has been kicked and another has been spat at.”
Usdaw’s Freedom for Fear survey of more than 2,000 workers also suggested nearly 10% of workers have been assaulted during the pandemic.
“We are being applauded one minute as key workers, but we are being treated like absolute crap by customers,” Mike exclaimed.
Secret artist hiding glass heart treasures across Medway
As the hearts are made from glass, they can be easily sanitised and are small enough to keep in a pocket. The artist, who wishes to remain anonymous, says she does not want praise for the project, but to sit back and smile, quietly knowing she has made a difference.
The project first started by making 150 hearts to send to staff on the Covid wards at Medway
RSPB’s Big Schools’ Birdwatch takes flight during lockdown
While this year marks the event’s 20th anniversary, it is a little different than most due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Across the UK, school children are pushing aside their pencils and taking a break from their remote learning.
Instead, the RSPB is asking them to fill up their bird feeders in their gardens or take notes fr
Animal sanctuary searching for new home
Happy Pants Ranch future is in jeopardy after a divorce dispute is forcing the sanctuary to move from its current home at Yelsted, near Sittingbourne.
The charity has become a haven to more than 350 animals, rescuing the likes of pigs, cows, and emus.
Its founder, Amey James, exclaimed that giving away the ranch residents is not an option:
“Over my dead body. You will have to kill me
Public poised for Big Garden Birdwatch next weekend
The RSPB a conservation charity is asking people to look out for everything from blackbirds to great tits.
It’s time to fill-up your bird feeders and dust off your binoculars for this year’s Big Garden Birdwatch.
The RSPB are asking people to spend just one hour recording how many birds you can spot in your garden, even from a window or balcony, and then let them know what y
Rainham residents reignite campaign to save orchards from housing appeal
The orchards off Pump Lane, in Rainham, are under threat of 1,250 homes being built on the 126 acres owned by Fruit farmers AC Goatham and Son. The company are appealing against Medway Council’s decision to scrap the development.
With the 16 November ‘representation’ deadline looming ahead, members of a local Steering Group are encouraging people to object to the comp
Estate agents offering safe haven for children walking home from school
An estate agency in Rochester is one such business that is providing a safe space following recent alleged reports of bullying and abduction in the area.
Walking home from school can be a daunting experience for school children, particularly when walking alone.
Yet an estate agency on the high street of Rochester, Moxy Property Consultants, are providing a safe loca
Extinction Rebellion demonstrators steal Turner Prize stage | Centre for Journalism at the University of Kent
As the gallery closed to the public for the day, it closed itself off to the small protest on its doors. It started as just a single but strong XR flag being swung against an illumination against the building’s kaleidoscope of colou
Broadcast pieces
Here, is a selection of my broadcast pieces with many of them produced during lockdown over the last year.
Please click play on any of these SoundCloud files to hear my radio pieces produced in the last year during lockdown for Invicta News.
The Hero Next door
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, countless individuals and communities have sprung into action. The pandemic has seen people coming together to look out for each other, to help the vulnerable and isolated.
Over the past year, the resilience of individuals and communities has thrived. Many people have volunteered, while some have set on a quest to spread kindness, and boost morale.
For some, they have just carried out their ordinary day job risking their lives to keep the country going.
The work of these individuals has been profound.
Click the button below to view an online multimedia project that hopes to shine a light and celebrate these people – the heroes living next door.
My Blog
Submerge yourself into the world of Zimmer and Extinction Rebellion demonstration stealing the Turner Prize stage.
"We sent back our unloved Bounty bars to Mars"
However, it will mean a fight to the death with your siblings because there’s always that one sad collection which everyone loathes.
And that unfortunate family comes along too late, scrambles around in the cupboard to find the tin sound that deafening rattle of loose chocolates - which means only one thing.
Read more: KFC shares plans to open 500 new branches across the UK
It might even be a trigger for some, causing a full blown r
"I watched Love Actually for the first time, and it was unbearable"
Yes, that’s right I have never seen the classic.
Why do you ask? Well, I do not have a reason. Yet, I volunteered as tribute when my Content Editor asked people to write an opinion piece about a classic movie they had never seen before.
So it was finally rip off the band aid and watch one of the country’s festive favourites.
Love Actually is a f
We tried TikTok's Halloween pumpkin challenge
Luckily, I did not need to be a lonely pumpkin person in the area as my friend joined me in donning the head gear.
We kick started the adventure at 6pm on Wednesday night as we fully expected finding a large enough pumpkin to fit our heads to be impossible task.
The mission commenced with hit
Zimmer: The (Lion) King of Blockbuster Scores | Centre for Journalism at the University of Kent
The conductor, a life-long friend of Hans Zimmer took centre stage beneath the synonymous ‘Bat signal’, which caused a shrill of excitement to pulsate through my body as if it was calling the following songs at The World of Hans Zimmer: a symphonic celebration at Wembley Arena.
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