Stephen Ware Email & Phone Number

Cardiff, Gb

Barry

• Manage the press office for a large public sector organisation, responding to enquiries and coordinating proactive campaigns to maintain and enhance reputation.• Maintain network of key contacts within the media, which are used to distribute information and manage news coverage. • Prepare key figures for media appearances and employ crisis communications techniques to deal with situations that pose a reputational threat.• Act as spokesman for the organisation, representing its position to local, regional and national media.• Organise press conferences/publicity events to ensure maximum exposure for key messages• Lead team of three involved in press office function and stand in for Communications Manager when required.• Operate media monitoring system to track and log coverage.• Contribute content for social, digital and internal media channels, evaluating its impact through analytical tools.

• Wrote comment, feature and hard-news pieces on a range of top-flight sport in Wales, concentrating mainly on Swansea City FC.• Produced live online content, edited and maintained the website.• Represented the newspaper on national and international television and radio on issues relating to Swansea City.• Drove traffic to the website and generated interest in newspaper and online content through Twitter and other social media.• Developed a network of contacts from where stories could be gathered.• Edited submitted copy and proofread pages before publication.

Bath, United Kingdom

• Sub-edited submitted copy to fit page requirements, proofread pages before publication, wrote headlines and designed pages using Tera design software.• Reported on Bath City FC, covering matches and keeping up to date with club developments.• General sports reporting on Bath Rugby and other local sides.

Bath, United Kingdom

• Magistrate, Crown and Coroner’s Court reporting.• Feature writing on human interest stories.• Crime and general news reporting, including articles on health, public events and charities.

Pontypool

• Reporting on local issues and regional events.• Community reporting.• Council meeting coverage.

Pgdip, Newspaper Journalism

Bscecon, Philosophy And Social Anthropology, 2:1