Overview
I'm a copy editor with 31 years' experience in journalism.
A physics graduate and TV/film buff who knows his way around current affairs, business and finance.
An ex-London freelancer who's worked for Conde Nast, the Financial Times, Newsquest, Haymarket, Centaur and Ink Global...
... on subjects as diverse as insurance, marketing, risk management, movies, the legal profession, nursing, travel, weddings and high society.
Plus, I wrote George Orwell on Screen, one of the Times Literary Supplement's books of the year 2018.
I like to think I'm bright, easygoing and versatile. A good fit for non-fiction, basically.
Services
Non-Fiction
Languages
Awards
- Best journalism student at Darlington College of Technology, 1992
- BT Award 1994 (as one of the best four candidates in the National Council for the Training of Journalists' proficiency test)
- Herbert Dowson Award 1994 (as North East England's top NCTJ candidate)
- Newsquest (Essex) best feature writer, 1998
Certifications
- National Council for the Training of Journalists Certificate, 1992: pass with distinction
- National Council for the Training of Journalists National Certificate Examination, 1994
Work experience
Self-employed
Ham & High newspaper series, London
Newsquest (Essex)
Portsmouth and Sunderland Newspapers
Cumberland Newspapers
