Richard James Stringer

Richard James Stringer is a video journalist and TV presenter for On the south coast of the UK.
He can be seen reporting on local stories with a quirky or tech based interest, such as the only man licensed to make scale replicas of the Gerry Anderson puppets or using Lego in learning.
Early life
Richard grew up in the village of Westbourne on the Hampshire - West Sussex border.
He attended Chichester High school for Boys.
At the high school Richard would take his love of film and television into his education, Initially wanting to train as an actor, it was during performing arts lessons that he would find a passion for the more technical elements of production, often choosing to operate the lighting desk or create audio/ visual displays for student productions instead of performing in them.
This would be a major factor when applying for university and so instead of performing arts, Richard would take media Production at the University of Winchester.
While at university Richard would add to his media experience by teaming up with classmates to film, edit and sell DVD's of home games for the Basingstoke Bison ice hockey team.
Professional career
After university, Richard would hold a sales job until starting his own company creating web videos for franchise groups.
After a 4-month sabbatical to work at a summer camp in America, Richard would return looking for a new challenge, and applied for an offscreen role with That's TV.
For several months he would be the editor of a BBC i-Player programme called Digital Nation, where he would work on 13 episodes over the course of the series.
When that contract came to an end, Richard was asked to join the news team at That's Solent.
News reader / Television Presenter
Richard can now been seen reading the news on free view channel 7 in the Solent area, covering stories on local issues in Portsmouth, Southampton, Chichester and the Isle of Wight.
As part of his onscreen role he is often pictured with local celebrities.

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