Benjamin Mercer Email & Phone Number

Owner, host, podcaster and content producer at The Little Platoon (and associated channels).

London, United Kingdom

London

London

• Tasked with soliciting comment articles from students and alumni. - This included a number of individuals for whom English is a second language.
• Responsible for editing said articles, checking spelling, grammar, and word count.
• Required to submit edited articles to the chief editor by set deadlines.
• Continued to write regularly for the publication.

• Contributed to various sections of the paper; from small adverts to news, culture and business.
• Interviewed local bands, council and business representatives, and local people.
• Wrote a number of full-page features. - Most notably a series on the local villages, and an interview with the band PBS.
• Chased and published a number of high-profile stories, including: - Job cuts at the Charles Wells brewery (following an anonymous tip-off). - Assisting a senior reporter for a front page story about an information.
• Became acquainted with the software used to publish both print and online content.

Ma Newspaper Journalism, Journalism

Master Of Arts - Ma, Contemporary Ethics, Pending

Bachelor'S Degree, Philosophy, Religion And Ethics

Activities and Societies: ULU Debate Society, HSU Debate Club, The Heythrop Lion (student newspaper), open mic nights, interviewing.