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Writing headlines, subbing copy, writing captions, cutting text and writing small news stories where required. Shifts in the News Building in London or remotely from home. Working on online stories, collating data, proofing graphics, building pages, commissioning and also editorial section responsibility, for print/digital editions of The Sunday Times and The Times. Covering all sports. Retained by News UK.

South West

- Match reports and quotes-led articles for the Press Association at fixtures in the South West (2022-ongoing; covering Bristol Rovers home matches with reports used on the BBC Sport website and elsewhere; see portfolio)- Match reports from the South West for national outlets such as The Sun (2022-ongoing)- BBC Bristol freelance articles; interview with ex-Bristol City manager Lee Johnson and more- Paid freelance match live blogging for UEFA covering international and Champions… Show more - Match reports and quotes-led articles for the Press Association at fixtures in the South West (2022-ongoing; covering Bristol Rovers home matches with reports used on the BBC Sport website and elsewhere; see portfolio)- Match reports from the South West for national outlets such as The Sun (2022-ongoing)- BBC Bristol freelance articles; interview with ex-Bristol City manager Lee Johnson and more- Paid freelance match live blogging for UEFA covering international and Champions League games (2023)- Football writer, National World: writing stories covering the major London clubs, twice weekly (2021-2022)- Journalist, Bristol World: writing football reports and stories on Bristol City and Bristol Rovers (Dec 2021 -2022); exclusives broken, crafted copy and driving traffic to the new site as the place to go for the best Bristol City coverage- Live football commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGHWKsuWZkgLive broadcast experience on radio and television: - Regular contributor to BBC Radio Bristol, discussing football in the South West (2018-2023)- Regular appearances on local radio: BBC Radio Bristol, Radio Berkshire- BCFM Local Bristol Community Radio Station contributor (regular voicer packages)- Contributor to official football clubs' pre-match coverage: Norwich City, Brentford and Nottingham Forest- Love Sport Radio contributor (Aug 2018)- BBC Radio Five Live (paid freelance work, alongside David Pleat and Mark Chapman for the Carabao Cup quarter-final; Dec 2017)- beIN Sports live TV reporting pitchside (Dec 2017)- TalkSport 2 radio (seven appearances with both Ray Stubbs and Adam Catterall)- BBC Radio Wales (appearances while working at FourFourTwo; May 2016)- Made in Bristol TV regular contributor - The Crunch and Sports Line (Aug 2017 onwards)- BT Sport (work experience, Aug 2015)- BFBS television and radio experience (2000)- Weekly podcast on Bristol City with Sky Sports' Michelle Owen: Robins on the Wire (2017-2022) Show less

Bristol, United Kingdom

The Bristol Post's Bristol City reporter. Attends matches, press conferences, player events and more to keep Robins fans on top of all the happenings at Ashton Gate Stadium via an objective voice. Writes match reports, previews, live blogs, club and transfer news. Also multi-media role: films press conferences and interviews, and performs piece to camera video updates and for social media. Have also covered Bristol Rovers, Bristol City Women and Bristol Bears during this employment too. Pieces… Show more The Bristol Post's Bristol City reporter. Attends matches, press conferences, player events and more to keep Robins fans on top of all the happenings at Ashton Gate Stadium via an objective voice. Writes match reports, previews, live blogs, club and transfer news. Also multi-media role: films press conferences and interviews, and performs piece to camera video updates and for social media. Have also covered Bristol Rovers, Bristol City Women and Bristol Bears during this employment too. Pieces also used in The Daily Star, Daily Mirror and Daily Express (as part of Reach PLC). Many, many exclusive stories broken and was recommended for a national sports journalism award. Recognised as the journalist to follow for Bristol City coverage. Show less

Twickenham, London

Deputy Editor of FourFourTwo's UK website. FourFourTwo is the world's largest football magazine, but has six international website editions (with more to come). Primarily charged with running and driving up traffic to the UK website, furthering our social media reach and creating bloomin' cool content. Digital skills evident across a wide range of content, accessible globally and on all manner of digital devices. Recently ran an industry-leading combined video and social media… Show more Deputy Editor of FourFourTwo's UK website. FourFourTwo is the world's largest football magazine, but has six international website editions (with more to come). Primarily charged with running and driving up traffic to the UK website, furthering our social media reach and creating bloomin' cool content. Digital skills evident across a wide range of content, accessible globally and on all manner of digital devices. Recently ran an industry-leading combined video and social media campaign that resulted in record online traffic. Have successfully pushed video and digital best practices to great affect on our editorial team. Also created the most successful online editorial item of the last year, charting confirmed transfer news for FourFourTwo (some 600,000 views so far). Have helped push our online global audience to more than 5.2 million uniques a month.- Website growth- Editorial strategy- Digital and social media- Use of analytics- Running of editorial campaigns- Team management- Content creation- Video production- Football games coverage- Live blogging Show less

Bristol, United Kingdom

Editor of the Beginners and Family section of BikeRadar (also has a micro-site: www.onyourbike.org), one of the world's largest cycling websites with 2.5 million unique visits a month. Responsible for the content (commission, writing, subbing, interviewing, uploading, photography, group testing, blogging, advertorials and more) of this section. Have successfully used quality evergreen content, promotion and SEO to grow the audience. Helped report on the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France… Show more Editor of the Beginners and Family section of BikeRadar (also has a micro-site: www.onyourbike.org), one of the world's largest cycling websites with 2.5 million unique visits a month. Responsible for the content (commission, writing, subbing, interviewing, uploading, photography, group testing, blogging, advertorials and more) of this section. Have successfully used quality evergreen content, promotion and SEO to grow the audience. Helped report on the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France while in the position, via jersey guides and similar features.Also tasked with growing BikeRadar's forum and site community through promotional content.Helped run a content stream in partnership with Halfords, with a record commercial sponsorship deal behind it. Was asked to help deliver 1.5million unique visits and over-delivered 1.6m uniques over a six-month period of tagged up as beginners and training content. Show less

Bath, United Kingdom

Editor of the world's first digital football magazine (a Premier League football weekly). Available on iPad and iPhone, the Football Week app was downloaded more than 145,000 times. Sponsored by Ladbrokes and powered by the Press Association, the publication won a Media Pioneer Award in 2013 and was shortlisted for innovation of the year in the 2013 PPA Digital Publishing Awards. Apple named the magazine in its 'Best of 2013' apps on the iTunes store in December 2013 – the only Future… Show more Editor of the world's first digital football magazine (a Premier League football weekly). Available on iPad and iPhone, the Football Week app was downloaded more than 145,000 times. Sponsored by Ladbrokes and powered by the Press Association, the publication won a Media Pioneer Award in 2013 and was shortlisted for innovation of the year in the 2013 PPA Digital Publishing Awards. Apple named the magazine in its 'Best of 2013' apps on the iTunes store in December 2013 – the only Future Publishing digital title to receive such an accolade. As Editor I liaised with the Press Association's top journalists, ran a team of three editorial staff, commissioned and proofed the entire magazine, including briefing the likes of world-renowned football writers Jonathan Wilson and Michael Cox on what they should write about in each weekly edition of the magazine. I also contributed frequently to the magazine and used technical skills to help build each weekly edition. Football Week greatly impressed BT Sport, Mirror Online and News UK (with an acquisition discussed), and many of our competitors recognised the product as genuinely pushing the envelope regarding digital media. We also had a spinoff website, which I edited too (www.thefootballweek.net), as well as social media channels and a weekly newsletter. Show less

Bath, United Kingdom

Online sub-editor for Goal.com – the world's largest football website. Worked shift-work from home, subbing and writing news to be used on the international version of the site. An encyclopaedic knowledge of football, attention to detail, reliability, knowledge of HTML, the ability to manipulate video and using a CMS were all important skills needed for this role. Stood in for site manager at times. Helped train interns in news writing. Also wrote occasional regulars/features… Show more Online sub-editor for Goal.com – the world's largest football website. Worked shift-work from home, subbing and writing news to be used on the international version of the site. An encyclopaedic knowledge of football, attention to detail, reliability, knowledge of HTML, the ability to manipulate video and using a CMS were all important skills needed for this role. Stood in for site manager at times. Helped train interns in news writing. Also wrote occasional regulars/features for the site such as Team of the Week and the like. Show less

Bath, United Kingdom

Responsible for work flow, organising the magazine, subbing, helping with commissioning, standing in for senior editorial members when away, writing several pages each month (including reviews, features and previews), updating social media, running competitions and representing the magazine on press trips and at press events. Circulation at the time: 30,000 copies a month (ABC). Also helped to design and populate the digital version.During this period I also contributed to PSM3… Show more Responsible for work flow, organising the magazine, subbing, helping with commissioning, standing in for senior editorial members when away, writing several pages each month (including reviews, features and previews), updating social media, running competitions and representing the magazine on press trips and at press events. Circulation at the time: 30,000 copies a month (ABC). Also helped to design and populate the digital version.During this period I also contributed to PSM3, Official PlayStation magazine, Xbox World, Official Xbox 360 Magazine, Jetix and Nitro magazines (monthly column).Also Production Editor for Cheat! and GM Presents spin-off titles from 2007-2012. Show less

Bath, United Kingdom

Started as Production Assistant but then was promoted to Production Editor for the Editorial Studio of Future Publishing: a sub-editing service set up to help our 100+ magazines. Worked on many top brands such as SFX, Official PlayStation 2 Magazine, Total Film, Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Future Music, Cycling Plus, Computer Music, GamesRadar, Your Family Tree, Edge, GamesMaster, Official Manchester United magazine and more. Was Acting Production Editor on many to cover periods of leave. Also… Show more Started as Production Assistant but then was promoted to Production Editor for the Editorial Studio of Future Publishing: a sub-editing service set up to help our 100+ magazines. Worked on many top brands such as SFX, Official PlayStation 2 Magazine, Total Film, Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Future Music, Cycling Plus, Computer Music, GamesRadar, Your Family Tree, Edge, GamesMaster, Official Manchester United magazine and more. Was Acting Production Editor on many to cover periods of leave. Also wrote freelance PSP game reviews during this time for The Official PSP Guidebook. Show less

Bielefeld Area, Germany

Responsible for 4-6 pages of the weekly newspaper each week, sourcing stories from across British Forces Germany. Local paper with a circulation of some 16,000 copies each Thursday. Also undertook work experience and freelance work for BFBS television and radio from 2000-2002.

Bielefeld Area, Germany

Freelance journalist sourcing local news stories; retained by the Sixth Sense newspaper for the British forces in Germany.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Newspaper Journalism, 2:1

NCTJ-recognised Newspaper Journalism course. Gained my Masters with merit.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Politics And Media Studies

Politics and Media Studies. Various communications and media modules studied.