John Morrish Email & Phone Number

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Uk

During this time I have taken on numerous assignments and contracts, including editing, writing and training. I am currently mostly working on fiction, which has always been my ambition. I lead two writing groups in Cheltenham. I have been a commissioning editor for Jawbone Press, an independent publisher of music-related titles. Projects include 'A Friend of the Devil: The Glorification of the Outlaw in Song, from Robin Hood to Rap' for Backbeat Books (US); 'Complicated Game: Inside The Songs of XTC'; and 'Chord Master' (a book about chord progressions for guitar). Before that I edited 'Long Promised Road: Carl Wilson, Soul of The Beach Boys' and 'The Drum Programming Handbook'. In the past I have commissioned, edited, and co-written two acclaimed multi-author books, 'The Classical Guitar Book' and 'The Folk Handbook'. I have copy-edited many more, including titles on Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Todd Rundgren. I have also edited numerous instructional music books.As a writer, I have contributed features, profiles and news stories to the Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Independent on Sunday, Reader’s Digest, Campaign, Saga, Management Today, the Tablet and the Western Daily Press. My interests as a journalist include language, books, music, film and business. I have broadcasted on BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service and local radio.I have written or co-written 10 books, including 'Frantic Semantics' and 'More Frantic Semantics', based on my long-running Telegraph Magazine column; 'The Really Simple Guide To The Internet'; and my textbook 'Magazine Editing', published by Routledge and currently in its third edition.Between 1996 and 2006 I trained journalists and post-graduate students with PMA, Europe’s biggest publishing training company. Topics included news-writing, headlines, style, grammar and punctuation, editorship and internet research.

Commissioning and copy-editing of music tutor books, biographies and so on.

London, United Kingdom

At the Telegraph Magazine, I put together complex features, dealing with writers, photographers and designers. I also wrote numerous features.

As editor of the London lifestyle and listings magazine, I successfully introduced full television listings and oversaw a major redesign and restructuring. I managed a staff of more than 20 journalists and a freelance budget of more than £250,000 a year.

I began my career with Time Out as features editor, writing and editing interviews, profiles and features. I also edited the magazine’s diary column and oversaw its consumer coverage.

London, United Kingdom

I was the sole sub at Private Eye at this time, responsible for sub-editing the entire journalistic content of the magazine, as well as writing my own stories. I learned a lot about libel law, among other things.

Ma, English, Double First

Activities and Societies: Vice-president of JCR

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