Roy Hayes

“News now: what is changing, what isn’t, what you need to know.”

By Roy Hayes, night news editor, sports, for the Daily Telegraph and sports journalist.

Roy Hayes is passionate about news and sports journalism. His biggest scoop was a world exclusive when Gary Lineker left Everton to join Barcelona and career highlights include sharing champagne with Everton after they won the European championship in Rotterdam.

He has worked on the Daily Telegraph for twenty eight years and is ideally placed to discuss what young journalists need to know now about both news and getting into the highly competitive world of sports journalism.