Steve Mcgookin

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Writer and Editor and Communications Consultant @ Belfast, GB
Belfast, GB
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Belfast Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom
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Steve Mcgookin is a Writer and Editor and Communications Consultant at Freelance. He possess expertise in internal communications, blogging, editorial, news writing, copy editing and 12 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "In the early days of eDemocracy, organisations like the Hansard Society struggled to get the media to take an interest in our research which was clearly pointing to the internet's disruptive influence on politics. Today everyone recognises it and Steve McGookin can genuinely claim to be one of the first journalists to spot that trend and bring it to the attention of the mainstream. Steve took the time to engage with the detail, was thorough in his analysis and was able to find the… Show more" and "Steve has an endlessly curious mind and stunning institutional knowledge of subjects on a broad spectrum, and he writes and edits quickly and cleanly. His enthusiasm, encouragement, speed and patience make him a valued colleague and friend to those within his professional orbit."

Steve Mcgookin's Current Company Details
Freelance

Freelance

Writer and Editor and Communications Consultant
Belfast, GB
Steve Mcgookin Work Experience Details
  • Freelance
    Writer And Editor And Communications Consultant
    Freelance
    Belfast, Gb
  • Freelance
    Writer/Editor/Communications Consultant
    Freelance Oct 2013 - Present
    New York / London / Belfast
    Working with a number of corporate clients - large and small - on a project-by-project basis, primarily for FirstWord Media, London; previously for the content innovation team at NBCUniversal in New York. (Client list available on request)Also:* Academic work on the 2016 US election via Press Fellowship program at Wolfson College, Cambridge. * Podcast co-host on US politics at ByTheMinute, also regular guest on EPLIndex Round Table;* Author of a chapter in 'Brexit, Trump and The Media' (Abramis, July 2017) * Most recent speaking engagements: CIPR (NI) and Oxford Analytica (Sept 2017) * Advisory board member at local NI tech start-up Covato.
  • Northern Slant
    Associate Editor
    Northern Slant Mar 2017 - Dec 2021
    Belfast
    Northern Slant is a politics and culture web project based in Belfast. It gives a platform to writers and academics to have a conversation on issues affecting Northern Ireland and the wider world.
  • Mckinsey & Company
    Lead Writer, Internal Communications
    Mckinsey & Company Apr 2012 - Sep 2013
    New York City
    Wrote and edited weekly news and feature content for the McKinsey News website; instituted new content formats and helped develop overall site redesign and various traffic-building initiatives.
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  • Sawhorse Media
    Writer/Editor
    Sawhorse Media Aug 2010 - Apr 2012
    New York City
    I was the launch editor and writer for the MuckRack Daily, an email newsletter on journalism, technology, politics and culture. Part of MuckRack.com, a start-up Twitter newsfeed aggregator that helps readers watch the news come together in real time.
  • Self-Employed
    Freelance/Editorial Consultant
    Self-Employed Jul 2008 - Apr 2012
    New York City
    Various freelance and project-based assignments for UK- and US-based corporate and media organizations, including a one-year viability project for The Daily Telegraph (New York/London).
  • Forbes.Com
    Section Editor
    Forbes.Com Apr 2007 - Jun 2008
    New York City
    I was section editor for "one of the world's leading business news sites". Managed team of writers producing a heavy volume of online content. From 2004, I had written a monthly commentary column from London on politics, business and culture.
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  • Financial Times
    Various
    Financial Times Mar 1989 - Sep 2006
    London, New York
    I worked at the FT for almost 19 years in total, beginning on the UK desk, then on the International Edition as Assistant News Editor, before being part of the core editorial start-up team for FT.com in 1994. I was US News Editor from 2000-2002 before returning to London and working on the launch of the FTpm project. I returned to work on the news desk in New York for a year in 2014.
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Steve Mcgookin Skills

Internal Communications Blogging Editorial News Writing Copy Editing Newspapers Newspaper Journalism Politics Media Relations Editing Storytelling Research Writing Newsletters Leadership Online Journalism

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