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Joe Radford has been an active member of YSTV since 2019. In their first year, they were generally known for being a regular presence at [[Writer's Room]], winning [[YSTV Does Hunted]] episode 2 and co-creating of the infamous [[Baby Shark Social 2020]]. Their constant presence in YSTV during first year led many fellow freshers to believe they were actually a second or third year.

* YSTV - Best Student Group - Love York Awards 2021

* YSTV - Bronze Award for Best Broadcaster - NaSTA 2022

* Outstanding Achievement - YUMAs 2022

* Best Photographer or Videographer - YUMAS 2022

* Roses 2022 - Silver Award for Best Event Coverage - NaSTA 2023

* Anne Lister: Fit for Another World - Gold Award for Best Documentary - NaSTA 2023

Joe first encountered YSTV in V-Bar whilst they were filming [[Zoe and Johnny's Drunk Diaries]]. After attending the welcome meeting they soon became hooked on the seductive drug of YSTV. At the Give It a Go session in 2019, Joe was a contestant on the YSTV game show [[Riddle Me This]], winning the show (twice since their original winning answer was deemed to have been "too quick").

Joe's first major producing role was on the Boxing/MMA Fight Night 2019. He co-produced the livestream with [[Zoe Dickinson]], before floor-managing for the stream on the night. Due to changes to fights and unexpected injuries, Joe was forced to think on his feet and find new interviewees quickly throughout the night, in order to keep the show running smoothly. In the aftermath of the stream celebrations were had by way of winning a fight of his own against Zoe and then copious amounts of drinking at Marmite.

Joe's winning streak continued when he won [[YSTV Does Hunted]] Episode 2 with [[Olivia Gibbs]] totally outsmarting all of the hunters, putting all the other huntees to shame and most impressively outrunning [[Matthew Zeffertt]]. Unfortunately, just as all good things must come to an end, so too did Joe's winning streak. On the Drunk Mario Kart edition of [[Boozy Broadcasts]] at the start of second term, Joe (dressed as Mario) played and lost the first race of the night.

At the end of his first term, Joe directed and edited the short film [[Nessie]] (written by one [[Jacob Boyle]]). The film received much critical acclaim (ie the highly critical [[Matthew Zeffertt]] liked it) and there was rapturous applause following it's preview at a YSTV production meeting.

In second Term Joe continued to take on notable producing roles. He took over as [[Head of Behind the Streams]] and took on several producing roles for [[Elections 2020]]. He solely produced the Debate Night and infamously the stream went flawlessly, never going down once. He then co-produced and floor managed ERN (as well as heading up the Behind the Streams).  

[[File:MMA2020.png|150px|thumb|left|The crew of the MMA 2020 Stream]]

Joe's most significant production yet has been the MMA Fight Night 2020. He was on the back foot from the beginning, due to the date of the event clashing with [[Zoe Dickinson]]'s 2nd year film and her stealing nearly all of the potential crew members. Understaffed he soldiered on, organising the rigging of the stream and all the technical aspects himself (to acclaim from Tech Director [[Andrew Waddle]]). The stream itself was a wondrous piece of art. The exceptional quality of filming aided by Joe's directing finesse led to a stream for the ages, lifting the standards for all future boxing streams.

[[File:Working Shark joe.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Joe's Baby Shark Costume]]

Early on in second term, when the news broke that Coronavirus had reached York, Joe was one of the members of YSTV to be interviewed by Sky News. Following the interview, he worked as camera op and editor on a video about the Coronavirus, which was to include interviews with students saying that they didn't think it was anything to worry about. Luckily this video was never released as it turned out that Coronavirus was something to worry about.

Joe also worked on YSTV's [[Come Dine With Me]] primarily Sound Op-ing for two of the episodes and leading the editing of the project too. Although no one asked him, he would have to say the overall quality of the episodes massively improved once he joined the crew.

Joe had many things planned for his Third Term as YSTV including productions that were postponed, or adapted into alternative projects or all together scrapped due to the outbreak of Coronavirus and the imposed lockdown. Most significantly he was supposed to begin his pet project the [[YSTVCU]]. Due to this Joe became involved with several of the Quarantine shows that were produced from home such as [[Quarantine Weekly]], Riddle Riddle (which was never actually made) and Animated short stories (which is coming eventually!!!).

At the 2020 Elections, Joe won the role of [[Head of Marketing]] becoming the first to do so. He quickly began to develop YSTV's social media presence, by increasing the regularity of posting and ensuring the online branding was consistent. Alongside [[Ben Allen]] he revamped YSTV's entire online branding, unifying several styles to make everything consistent across platforms. (See [[YSTV Branding 2020]].)

Also during the first term, he began work on an Untitled Quarantine Weekly Sequel Show (which later became [[Oranges and Lemons]], alongside [[Zoe Dickinson]]). The plan was for it to operate bi-weekly beginning from Week 5 and run initially until Week 11 of term 1. The first episode, which was a Halloween themed episode, debuted to much success. Trying to keep the show running often became difficult due to the fact that a second coronavirus lockdown was introduced after only one episode had gone out. However, with a lot of perseverance, Joe (together with Zoe and many wonderful producers) succeeded in completing the initial run of the show.

In Week 6 of Term 1, Joe was elected as [[Station Director]], following [[Zoe Dickinson]] stepping down the week before. Whilst this was an exciting prospect at first, he was immediately dropped in the deep end. The day after he was elected was Media Committee and two days later a second national lockdown began. Joe very quickly got to terms with the responsibilities entailed in station directing and began attempting to hold everything together as much as he could. Through talking to YUSU, he secured access to the studio for kit distribution and also YSTV were allowed to continue to film outdoors in pairs. Meaning that at least he hadn't failed in his new job within the first two days.

Towards the end of the first term, Joe also began to partake in online live shows, most importantly, [[YSTV on the Rocks]] - which he co-created with Sophie and producing one final Christmas themed episode of [[Oranges and Lemons]].

With second term being entirely online, Joe, alongside newly-elected [[Production Director]] and partner-in-crime, [[Alize Akturk]], began working on developing more online livestreams. [[YSTV on the Rocks]] continued, as well as creating [[Meme Stream Media]] and coming up with the idea for [[Society Scoop]]. The term was mostly dominated by YSTV's coverage of the [[YUSU]] [[Elections 2021]]. This was co-ordinated entirely online, but was a fantastic success. ERN saw a special elections edition of [[YSTV on the Rocks]] featured in the After-Show and saw Joe running around between different places to deliver kit for the night.

In YSTV's 2021 elections, Joe was successfully re-elected as Station Director, making him the 5th SD to receive a second term. Following re-election, and now a part of [[The Big Five]], Joe set about to bring YSTV back into life as much as possible, with the pandemic at long last gradually thawing. He assisted with the Eurovision after shows, ran the FLOPPYs alongside [[Sophie Bolwell-Davies]], and produced YSTV's coverage of the [[Love York Awards]]. It was at the Love York Awards that YSTV won Student Group of the Year, which is still perhaps Joe's proudest achievement. He also won Highly Commended for Best Sport Journalist at the Colours Ball for his work on Roses Unlocked.

As the year came to an end, Joe could not have been prouder with what YSTV had been able to achieve in a year that saw it face so many difficulties. The resilience of his incredible team became particularly clear as he and [[Max Roach]] co-ordinated NaSTA entries over the summer break.

Towards the end of the Summer, Joe began work on the Anne Lister Documentary as Director of Photography.

Ongoing...

'''YEAR 1'''

| Boxing VT

| MMA VT

| Boxing/MMA Fight Night 2019

| MMA Fight Night 2020

| The 93% Club - Campus News

| [[Our First Day of Freedom]]

'''YEAR 2'''

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| [[The Forest: YSTV Reports]]

| [[Freshers Round-Up 2020]]

| YSTV Welcome Video (60s NaSTA Edition)

| [[Oranges and Lemons]] Episode 3: 'Bacon and Beans'

| [[YSTV eSports]] Party Games

| [[Love York Awards 2021]]

| [[YSTV Reports: What Were You Wearing]]

'''YEAR 3'''

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| [[Fit for Another World - The Legacy of Anne Lister]]

| [[Freshers 2021 - Sophie @ Salvos]]

| [[Vanbrugh Paradise Festival]]

| [[Freshers 2021 Livestream]]

| [[YUSU Comedy Night]]

| [[Technical Stage Services Ad]]

| [[Freshers Festival]]

| [[YSTV Sport]]: Women's Rugby - York v Glasgow

| [[YSTV Sport]]: Women's Football

| NaSTA Vlog 2021

| [[YSTV Sport]]: American Football

| [[YSTV Sport]]: Boxing Fight Night 2021

| Courtyard's 13th Birthday

| Yindoors 2022

| [[YSTV Sport]]: Volleyball

| Giant Canvas Balloon Painting

| Boxing Fight Night - Spring 2022

| College Varsity 2022 - Studio

| MMA Face-off VT

| MMA Fight Night - Spring 2022

| NaSTA 2022 Livestream

| Roses 2022  

| YSTV Reports: Anne Lister Documentary Premiere