Jo Loosemore

Radio maker. History finder. Theatre lover. Jo is a broadcaster, curator and actor. 

For the BBC, she has created radio dramas, documentaries and live programmes. This has included World War One at Home (in partnership with the Imperial War Museums) for network and local radio, regional tv and online. From Brazil to the Battlefield, the story of Exeter fighting footballers was broadcast on BBC 5 Live, and a series of features appeared on BBC Radio 4 and 4Extra. She also produced the Listening Project’s national tour for BBC Radio 4, BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC local radio in partnership with the British Library, contributing the 1000th conversation to the national collection. 

Having created the city’s oral history archive and co-curated Plymouth’s largest social history exhibition (Tales from the City), she was also the curator of Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy – the national commemorative exhibition for 2020/21 in The Box, Plymouth, and co-curator of Wampum: Stories from the Shells of Native America (national tour). Both exhibitions were curated in partnership with members scholars and educators of the Wampanoag Nation. She is also a Visiting Fellow at the University of Plymouth. 

https://www.joloosemore.co.uk/

Museums Association

Association of Heritage Interpretation

SW Fed

British Museum - Museum Futures Mentor

MA Heritage Theory and Practice

MA Archival Practice

BA History