Freelance Writer And Journalist
Self-Employed
✥ Extensive coverage written online and in magazines on the future — and the past — of innovation, video games, science, and technology ✥ Specialised in long-form feature articles, but experienced in many other forms of writing — including branded content, lists, roundups, reviews, news, blog posts ✥ Work to varying, often-overlapping deadlines for article drafts/revisions, tracking down and interviewing sources or conducting online/library research as needed✥ Adapt tone/voice/grammar/spelling to meet needs of varying in-house styles and target audiences and write in both US and UK English, depending on the client✥ Adapt to ever-changing media landscape and writers’ market conditions by constantly learning and applying new skills, techniques, and topic niches within the umbrella of games, innovation, technology, and science✥ Awarded both 1st and 2nd place honours in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Kunkel Awards for Excellence in Feature Writing in 2016 ✥ “Highly commended” in Best Gaming Journalist category at 2017 ACS IT Journalism Awards; shortlisted in the same category in multiple other yearsCurrent and former clients include Ars Technica, Gamasutra, Rolling Stone's Glixel, Polygon, Rock Paper Shotgun, Edge Magazine, Eurogamer, Hyper magazine, The Magazine, USgamer, EGM, Samsung NEXT, Telstra, and many others. Portfolio: http://richardmoss.contently.com/