-Working in a small team of experienced editors to shape Platts' energy, metals and commodities news coverage.-Editing news and analysis and liaising with reporters to ensure a swift turnaround of well-written, accurate, relevant copy. -Special responsibility for running the desk outside UK trading hours and editing market commentaries for Platts' daily newsletters.-Coming up with strategies for improving the quality of end-of-market commentaries.-Accruing a strong working… Show more -Working in a small team of experienced editors to shape Platts' energy, metals and commodities news coverage.-Editing news and analysis and liaising with reporters to ensure a swift turnaround of well-written, accurate, relevant copy. -Special responsibility for running the desk outside UK trading hours and editing market commentaries for Platts' daily newsletters.-Coming up with strategies for improving the quality of end-of-market commentaries.-Accruing a strong working knowledge of energy and commodity markets, industries and fundamentals.-Handling any queries landing on the Central Editing Desk Show less

⎯ Working in a team of sub-editors reshaping business news stories, analysis and features from across Europe, Africa and Asia for publishing on the Reuters newswire.⎯ Grappling with complex copy to dig out the best lead, improve the story structure and help correspondents file copy that meets Reuters' high standards for quality writing and accuracy.⎯ Other tasks included: copy tasting to ensure stories flow as quickly and efficiently as possible through the editing desks;… Show more ⎯ Working in a team of sub-editors reshaping business news stories, analysis and features from across Europe, Africa and Asia for publishing on the Reuters newswire.⎯ Grappling with complex copy to dig out the best lead, improve the story structure and help correspondents file copy that meets Reuters' high standards for quality writing and accuracy.⎯ Other tasks included: copy tasting to ensure stories flow as quickly and efficiently as possible through the editing desks; commissioning of stories; setting news agenda by ranking stories on Reuters.com top news pages; staff training. ⎯ The key requirements for my job: a clear and versatile writing style; an acute eye for detail and accuracy; extensive knowledge of the corporate news landscape and its impact on financial markets; strong news judgement; the ability to guide and enthuse writers. Show less

Sub-editing, proofreading and copy editing, commissioning stories, liaising with art departments and writing articles and captions for a variety of print and online publications including the Financial Times’ Digital Business supplement, Guardian Unlimited, FHM, Good Housekeeping, the Olympic Committee annual report and Medlife in-flight magazine.

⎯ Writing and production role at FT.com and the FT newspaper: Beginning with general news coverage and then specialising in business reporting with special responsibility for the technology and media sectors. ⎯ As well as writing hundreds of news stories for both web and newspaper, the job involved interviewing top business figures, database and library research, making contacts, feature writing and penning a regular column on science and technology and a weekly look at internet… Show more ⎯ Writing and production role at FT.com and the FT newspaper: Beginning with general news coverage and then specialising in business reporting with special responsibility for the technology and media sectors. ⎯ As well as writing hundreds of news stories for both web and newspaper, the job involved interviewing top business figures, database and library research, making contacts, feature writing and penning a regular column on science and technology and a weekly look at internet trends.⎯ I also carried out a range of production tasks on FT.com including the upkeep of index pages using a range of content management systems, the construction of special reports and polls using HTML and the mediating of forums and Q&A sessions. ⎯ Editorial responsibilities on FT.com: I liaised with dotcom and newspaper journalists, edited their copy and frequently deputised for the editor of FT.com’s industries desk and main newsdesk over the day-to-day running of the site, including duties such as keeping the homepages fresh with new stories and promos, holding dotcom news meetings and setting news agenda, representing dotcom at editorial news meetings, staff training, writing web promos for the newspaper and running the desk at night. I also took on editorial responsibility for the redesign of FT.com’s technology coverage, jointly presenting an action plan for management that was consequently approved. Show less