Karen Ainley is a former TV presenter and reporter with BBC Look East, and also presented documentaries for the BBC 2 Matter of Fact series. She started her journalism career on the Braintree & Witham Times, before moving to the Colchester Evening Gazette as the Health Reporter.

She then moved to radio, spending four years as a reporter and newsreader with BBC Essex. As a graduate in Publishing and Computer Studies, she loves all things techie, and is heavily involved in podcasting.

Kevin Bentley spent more than 20 years with the BBC, the latter half as a TV reporter with BBC Look East and a parliamentary reporter and producer on the BBC's East at Westminster programme.

He has worked on Radios 1,2 and 4 and was a sub editor on Ceefax. He has also worked for numerous local radio stations, including BBC Essex.

He is a past National President of the Round Table organisation and has been passing on his media training and presentation skills for over a decade.

Anne Sherer Broom is a former BBC TV and radio reporter with seven years' experience working for the BBC in the North-West and East Anglia.

She was a writer and columnist with the Essex County Standard newspaper for many years, before moving into business marketing as an Economic Development Officer with Colchester Borough Council.

She has worked for Mosaic Publicity for three years and has undertaken a variety of media training courses - with a particular focus on educational establishments, using her experience as a former college governor.

Anne has a first class honours degree in English Literature, a diploma in Creative Writing and NCTJ in Newspaper Journalism.