Experience

  • Write Copy Edit, Aug 2017 – present. Self-employed copywriter and copy editor. Specialist subjects include finance, markets, economics, sound money, politics, sustainability, energy and cleantech. Occasional blogger on related issues.
  • Newsquest, Nov 2010 to Aug 2017.
    • Regional co-ordinator, May 2015 – Aug 2017. Managing a team of newspaper sub-editors with responsibility for multiple titles throughout the UK.
    • Multimedia editor, Nov 2010 – May 2015. Designing newspaper pages and sub-editing copy in print and online.
  • News Corp Australia, Sep 2002 – May 2010. Senior sub-editor, Daily Telegraph, Sydney. Working on Australia’s leading tabloid newspaper.
  • Trinity Mirror, Apr 1999 – Aug 2002.
    • Sub-editor, Hounslow Chronicle, Apr 2000 to Aug 2002.
    • General news reporter for the Sunday Mirror, Apr 1999 to Mar 2000.

Education

  • University of Liverpool, BA in economic and social history, 2:1.
  • Richmond Tertiary College, A levels in economics, politics and law.