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London, England, United Kingdom

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Freelanced regularly for Daily Record and Sunday Mail. Attended games and supplied match reports, ran live blogs on Scottish Premiership matches, wrote breaking sport news articles in a fast-paced enviroment and provided a number of exclusive interviews for both online and print

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

After spending time with the Daily Record, I was also introduced to other Reach PLC sites Football Scotland and Scottish Express Sport to gain more experience and work on a freelance basis. I covered breaking news stories around the country, was in charge of live blogs for important Scottish Premiership matches and contributed to a whole array of different other things at both companies.

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Covered Scottish Premiership and title-deciding matches for PA Sport on a freelance basis - supplying three pieces of content for each match day such as a on-the-whistle report, quotes piece and a one-to-one follow up piece for Monday. My work with PA Sport regularly featured on Sky Sports Scotland, STV Sport and other well-renowned media organisations.

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

I also attended games for The Sunday Post on a freelance basis - writing on-the-whistle match reports and provided post-match interview quotes from both managers for their newspaper.

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

I attended games on a freelance basis for DC Thomson - covering sides such as Forfar Athletic, Cowdenbeath, Arbroath, East Fife and Dundee United. I supplied them with match reports, features and post-match interview quotes for their newspapers.

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

In July 2022, I was asked to cover Celtic and Rangers on a temporary basis for Newsquest, with the aim being to reach a set target of readers - which we successfully achieved. I wrote features, news stories, tactical analysis pieces and supplied exclusive interviews.

Hamilton, Scotland, United Kingdom

Worked with Hamilton Academical WFC in the Scottish Women's Premiership on a voluntary basis as a Media Assistant. Overall aim was to assist the management of the club's content output with the rest of the media team to raise the profile of Hamilton Academical WFC. I also created video content, conducted post-match interviews, took charge of the social media, commentated on live games and supplied strong written content for both the men's and women's official club website and programme.

Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom

I was fortunate enough to have a 10-day work experience placement with The Herald & Times Group in 2022 and it was an experience I really enjoyed.During my time, I covered online sports stories on Scottish football, while also providing content for the daily newspapers. I also attended Hamilton Academical FC's press conferences throughout my time there and covered their match against Queen of the South for the Sunday edition of their newspaper.

Ba (Hons) Sports Journalism, First-Class

Higher National Diploma, Media And Journalism

Higher National Certificate (HNC) - Grade: A Higher National Diploma (HND) - Grade: B