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Published in various magazines and newspapers, including: Chemistry World, Chemistry & Industry, Science, Physics World, SciDev.net, The Huffington Post, The New Zealand Herald, Astronomy Now, AuntMinnieEurope, the CERN Bulletin, the Cherwell, COSMOS, EARTH, the Ecologist, Geoscientist, Green Futures and Le Temps.

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Writing science, health, archaeology and politics stories for online, print and other Reach outlets.Daily production of three–five web-optimised stories to tight deadlines, and in house style.Sourcing, researching, pitching and writing exclusive stories.Productive communication with sources and effective liaison with PR officers.Responsible for embargo.

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Researching and writing science, technology, health and archaeology copy for the Daily Mail’s website. Producing 3–5 web-optimised stories daily, often to tight deadlines — typically independently, but sometimes collaborating on larger features. Sourcing and pitching exclusives. Working with sources and PR officers. Monitoring embargoed items for both the.

London, United Kingdom

Supported Nature and the Nature Research Journals. Tasks included commissioning, editing, writing and distributing releases; liaising with authors, institutions and media; pitching to target outlets; monitoring press coverage; updating the Nature press website; and sending publication informs. Edited releases as needed for Nature Communications, Scientifi.

Auckland, New Zealand

On ‘Evolution of Earth and Life’, ‘New Zealand: Half a Billion Years on the Edge’, ‘SedimentaryPaleoenvironments’, ‘Advertising and Society’, ‘Journalism Studies’, ‘Journalism in Practice’,‘Online Media and Democracy’, ‘Science Fiction Media’, and ‘Academic Skills: Blogging Basics’.

Auckland, New Zealand

Commissioned to compile teaching materials and develop a standardised lecture template for the School of Environment's revised ‘Dynamic Earth’ course, for delivery by the teaching staff.

London, England, United Kingdom

Researched and wrote biographical profi les of 100 fellows and foreign members of the Royal Society.

Auckland, New Zealand

On courses ‘Dynamic Earth’, ‘Sedimentary Paleoenvironments’ and ‘Journalism Studies’.

CERN, Geneva

Debugged and further developed an existing online outreach database, hosted in the Drupal content management system.

CERN, Geneva

Designed and edited a monthly online newsletter, e-EPS, in accordance with the society’s aim of promoting physics on a European scale. Also responsible for overseeing general external communications.

Remotely assisted the students on the MA Science Journalism and MA Financial Journalism courses with technological aspects of their courses - such as web development, data mining and database usage.

Geneva, Switzerland

Designed and edited a fortnightly newsletter, ALICE Matters, for the ALICE experiment at theLarge Hadron Collider. Assisted with other outreach activities, such as the promotional calendar and the public website.

London, United Kingdom

Provided written content on a weekly basis for both online and for the monthly printed magazine.

Ba (Hons), Geology

Activities and Societies: College Peer Supporter - St Edmund Hall, Oxford Male Welfare Officer and Secretary - Oxford University LGBTSoc.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Science Journalism, Merit

Activities and Societies: Deputy Editor of Elements, the class magazineStudied print, online, radio and TV production, alongside science.

Phd, Science Communication, Did Not Complete Due To Financial Reasons

Conducted interdisciplinary research into the relationship between palaeontology and the print news media, under the supervision of Sue.

Secondary Education

A-levels in Geology, Mathematics and Physics (all grade A); AS-level in Chemistry (grade B); and GCSEs in English, English Literature, ICT.