CV
I am an award-winning journalist and editor who has written about a variety of fields, including IT, television and film, education, and marketing. I have nearly 20 years' experience in publishing, have edited several magazines including Cambridge Film Festival Daily, Sprocket, Mapping Awareness, iSight and Dreamwatch, and have developed web sites including infoconomy.com, geoplace.com and cambridge-news.co.uk. I've also been a sub-editor for a number of magazines and organisations.
I am currently editor of GeoConnexion International, sub- and production editor for EHN, Transport Times, Better Wholesaling, Primary Health Care and Nurse Researcher, and a regular contributor to Business Franchise, EducationInvestor and SC Magazine.
| Year | Staff roles | Freelance roles | |
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| 2012- | Editor, GeoConnexion International | ||
| 2011- | Sub-editor, Environmental Health News Sub-editor, Better Wholesaling Sub-editor, Primary Health Care |
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| 2009 | Technology/gadget editor, Crew magazine | ||
| 2007- | Production editor, Transport Times Production editor, Nurse Researcher |
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| 2006-2009 | Contributing editor, Information Age Contributing editor, Macworld UK Reviewer, Action TV Reviewer, Off the Telly |
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| 2006 | Writer, TV Scoop | ||
| 2005-2006 | Columnist, "Making the Most of Your Web Site", M-iD | ||
| 2004-2006 | Helpdesk editor, iCreate | ||
| 2004 | Editor, XML & Web Services | ||
| 2003-2004 | Chief sub, Company and Shareholder | ||
| 2003 | Editor, iSight | ||
| 2001-2003 | Editor, infoconomy.com IT manager, Infoconomy Ltd |
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| 2000 | Editor, Dreamwatch | ||
| 1999-2000 | Technical editor, Televisual | ||
| 1998 | Runner-up, AGI Journalist of the Year | ||
| 1998 | Judge, Information Management Awards | ||
| 1996-1998 | Editor, Mapping Awareness Associate editor, GIS Europe Developer, geoplace.com IT Manager, Adams Business Media |
Reviewer, Cambridge Insider | |
| 1996 | QuarkXPress instructor, Cambridge Dataflow | ||
| 1995-1997 | Mac operator, web site developer Cambridge Evening News |
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| 1995-1996 | Proofreader, Chadwyck-Healey | ||
| 1995 | Editor, Cambridge Film Festival Daily PageMaker operator, UCLES |
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| 1994-1995 | Editor, Sprocket | ||
| Other jobs: Editorial assistant, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology; Editorial assistant, Hobsons Publishing | |||
Education
- Maths (Cambridge University)
- Freelance journalism (ICS)
- Design (NEC)
- Shorthand (Cambridge Regional College)
- Improve your interviewing, subbing (London College of Print)
- Proofreading, copy-editing (Chapterhouse)
- Advanced sub-editing, Improving your publication, Improve your commissioning, Management for beginners (PMA Training)
