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
Trusted copy editor in London on titles such as Investment Adviser (Financial Times), Marketing Week, The Lawyer (Centaur), Tatler, Conde Nast Traveller, Brides (Conde Nast), GR, StrategicRISK (Newsquest Specialist Magazines) and CNBC Business (Ink Global). Also Nursing Times, Funds Europe, Press Gazette, Screen International and Haymarket's B2B magazines. Now working remotely.
Ham & High newspaper series, London
Joined as a news reporter and feature writer. Conducted celebrity interviews and was a film, theatre, comedy and book critic. Trained as a copy editor on the job.
Newsquest (Essex)
Reporter on the Evening Gazette, Colchester.
Portsmouth and Sunderland Newspapers
Reporter on The News, Portsmouth
Cumberland Newspapers
Reporter on the Hexham Courant.
