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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Rijswijk, The Netherlands

RESPONSIBILITIES:• While studying and (later) mainly working for a regional newspaper and some other assignments.• Wrote all copy for the website of an electric and gas fireplace company, and a pallet manufacturing company.• Published a series of articles in a commercial homemaker’s magazine.• Delivered content for a website with tips about a range of subjects (SEO copy writing).• Wrote all copy for the website of a sustainable pulled pork product.• Set up and reported for a student newspaper for new students at Utrecht University.• Conducting relevant business administration and accounts processing.• Managing social media accounts and planning strategies for businesses and a travel weblog.• Sourcing and obtaining personal interviews and arranging publication in various women’s magazines.

Brielle, The Netherlands

RESPONSIBILITIES:• Writing a weekly column and a variety of other topics for a prominent culinary website (all types of food & restaurants).• Editing and proofreading (hundreds) of contributions received for publication.ACHIEVEMENTS:• Wrote a weekly column on a website that had up to 50,000 visitors daily.• Completed a database with information about all manner of recipes, food and ingredients.

Rijswijk, The Netherlands

RESPONSIBILITIES:• Writing articles on local businesses/economy, education, personal stories, not-for-profit organisations, community services/events/initiatives, local politics, nature and wildlife, sustainability and many current affairs items.• Pitching ideas, concepts and news topics in the in the daily editor’s meeting. • Interviewing by phone and in person, researching subject matter and finding reliable sources and identities. • Writing articles to meet daily deadlines and checking articles with interviewees for veracity of content. • Editing/proofreading others’ articles, and reviewing contributions received from freelance writers.• Building rapport with politicians, business owners and other to keep in the loop for current and future news items.• Reporting events and press conferences.• Planning and setting appointments for the weekly homemaker magazine feature articles.• Supervising freelance journalists for contributions to weekly homemaker features.• Booking photographers and giving them instructions regarding photos needed for the articles. • Writing major articles about home & living trends/businesses and interviews about individuals.• Maintaining coordination with deadlines and by editing articles to fit within page sizes. ACHIEVEMENTS:• Put up topics on the local political agenda and wrote hundreds of news and background stories each year.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

RESPONSIBILITIES:• Writing articles and shopping features for the women’s magazine ‘Vrouw’ (a weekly newspaper supplement). • Researching and contacting people of interest to interview. • Conducting in-person and telephone interviews, instructing photographers for supporting images.• Conceiving new angles and topics for interviews and feature articles that connect with the goal audience. ACHIEVEMENTS:• Wrote a substantial interview series, of famous identities, for the Mother’s Day issue of the magazine. • Interviewed one of Holland’s most famous actresses together with her teenage daughter (for the Mother’s Day issue). • Set up and managed a ‘dating programme’ in the magazine, interviewed ten single men and ‘promoted’ them in the special so women could send in letters if they were interested. Selected matches and send them on dates. I wrote short follow-ups about the outcomes of the dates.

Rijswijk, The Netherlands

RESPONSIBILITIES:• Pitching ideas (news topics to write about) in the daily meeting, then conducting phone and in person interviews.• Researching subjects, finding reliable sources and writing articles to meet daily deadlines.• Reporting on events and press conferences and submitting articles to interviewees for checking. • Building rapport with local politicians and business owners and following up on news topics.ACHIEVEMENTS:• Learned to work with different teams as I rotated each month to different local newspapers in the group.• Won the ‘Outstanding Intern’ award at the AD Haagsche Courant newspaper for accurate and professional copy.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Psychology

Specialised in Clinical Psychology

Bachelor, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Three week reporting trip to Brazil to write articles for newspapers and magazines Bachelor of Applied Sciences.

Exchange Program, Journalism

Exchange program in London where I took courses in British Media, reporting, international news and positive psychology.

Bsc, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Unitas S.R. Specialized in Clinical Psychology

Vwo, Economie & Maatschappij