CV

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

Freelance journalist (2009-present)
Client list: Times Higher Education; The Press Association (Content for Marketing); The Independent; The Independent on Sunday; Prima magazine, The Derbyshire magazine and The Village Voice – a local newspaper which circulates where I live and of which I am a shareholder

KEY SKILLS

  • Reporting
  • Interviewing
  • Research
  • 100wpm Teeline shorthand
  • Sub-editing
  • Proofreading
  • French (written and spoken)

CAREER HISTORY

Freelance journalist (2009-present)

  • Produced a wide variety of B2C web content for The Press Association, including blogs and newsletters. Main topics: care homes; insurance; legal; business; social media; personal banking
  • Produce B2B content to order for a local PR professional and other writing agents
  • Report locally for monthly independent newspaper which circulates to around 6,000 homes. I go out and find interesting things to write about
  • Researched and wrote a monthly town feature for The Derbyshire magazine
  • Have produced articles for national newspapers including an interview with actor-turned-teacher Crispin Bonham Carter for The Independent on Sunday that was shared online 16,000 times

Freelance proofreader, Endeavour Press (2014-2016)
I worked with this e-publisher to prepare fiction books for the Kindle market by checking for formatting, spelling and grammar errors and writing a fresh blurb

The Press (York) (Formerly Yorkshire Evening Press) 2003-2007

  • Health reporter (2005-2007)
  • Produced all health content for daily newspaper, including breaking NHS news and a weekly health page
  • Ran a charity campaign raising £300,000 to create a high dependency children’s unit in York Hospital
  • General reporter (2003-2005)
  • Court, district and off-diary reporting

The Press Association (2000-2002)

  • Senior sub-editor, PA WeatherCentre (2001-2002)
  • Headed a team producing weather panels for national and regional press
  • Sub-editor, PA WeatherCentre (2001)
  • PA to general manager, PA WeatherCentre (2000-2001)

MDC Classic Music (1998-1999)

  • Sales assistant in classical music shop

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND OTHER EXPERIENCE
Race for Life media award
Yorkshire Press Awards (shortlisted)
National Certificate in Newspaper Journalism (NCE) 
Ted Bottomley Award (MNA) for best Newspaper Practice paper
Newsquest Diploma in Journalism
Pre-entry journalism course, Hastings Editorial Centre
Internships at: The Independent, Wandsworth Borough News, BBC Radio 4’s The Today programme, BBC Radio 3
Hospital radio volunteer at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

EDUCATION
BA (Oxon) – University of Oxford, Lady Margaret Hall
Philosophy and Modern Languages (French)

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: 21.6.76

ENTHUSIASMS
I love music and play the piano and recorder, alone or in company