Paul Farrell Email & Phone Number

London

Leading a team of reporters from The Independent's office in London to publish the best US news content ready for an American audience to wake up to.

London, England, United Kingdom

Covering US news and affairs as part of the foreign desk at The Daily Mail office in London. I have experience in page and copy editing as well as continuing to report. My expertise, and with a time zone advantage, led to our team getting scoops on major news events the impact the US audience.

New York City

Covering all kinds of everything for one of the biggest news brands in the world.

Here, There, Everywhere.

Publish and edit content that is at the forefront of breaking news in every field. Creating content that is specific to our daily news email, Facebook and Twitter accounts. Suggesting angles on stories for other reporters and editors at the site. Helping to develop strategies with senior management about future big events and emerging trends. Mining social media for the next big story.

As the head of our soccer news, it was my job to find the most interesting content in soccer to drive numbers to our news site. As well as writing interesting, engaging content to separate us from our competitors. Being based in New York City, it was a huge task and opportunity to try to take advantage of America's growing love for the beautiful game.

I was reporting on anything that was important to Irish-American culture in New York City and throughout most of the Eastern Seaboard.

PM Sports. Briefly I worked as a researcher for the Sports-Comedy website :PM Sports. The company unfortunately ceased trading in April 2011.

I was reporter on trends and breaking news in the retail sector in Ireland. The job presented me with a very real understanding about changing times in "brick-and-mortar" businesses.

I reported on social issues and sports throughout Dublin. This was my first real reporting job which truly involved pounding pavements and getting out in the streets to talk to people about the real issues affecting Dubliners.

Setting up meetings and conference calling with medical personnel in England. Pitching ideas about ways in which they could expand on the Symbol packaging. Cold calling medical centers, which led to a fearlessness about speaking to strangers on the phone.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Journalism

Earned commendations in the sports department, particularly in broadcasting. Excelled at television and film analysis. Wrote a monthly.

Ba, Journalism

Final thesis was a content analysis radio documentary on the detrimental state of Irish soccer in the 21st century.

Higher National Diploma, Journalism

Learned the fundamentals of journalism and news writing. Cut my teeth in radio broadcasting. Final thesis was on the representations.

Higher National Diploma, Journalism

Final thesis was a content analysis on the perceptions of teachers in film.