“Big shoutout to the video team – smashing it as always.”

— Chris Evans

Live on Air on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky on Virgin Radio UK

“Rockstar – fun, hardworking – creative with exceptional music taste.”

— Katie Vanneck-Smith

Co-founder at Tortoise Media

“Sam is the man behind the curtain in the Wizard of Oz: he joined Tortoise and, within a matter of months, he was the person who made everything happen.  He not only has an exceptional grasp of audio and video systems, but, more importantly, he has a great eye and ear for the moment that matters, quick and clever judgment in the edit and at all times an unflappable, can-do approach, whatever the problem. 

He is a total pleasure to work with.  His choice of music for all of our ThinkIns suggests he might also be the coolest person ever to have worked in a newsroom; but you might say that's a low bar.

Whatever you do, it's better when Sam Hockley does it.”

— James Harding

Ex-Director of BBC News and Co-founder, Editor-in-chief at Tortoise Media