David Ryan

David Ryan – Editor

Copy editor and journalist on UK magazines. Specialisms: business, entertainment, finance. Author of one of the TLS books of the year 2018.

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
Business & Management Entertainment Finance & Accounting
Languages
English (AUS) English (UK) English (US)
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

Jun, 2001 — Present
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

Jan, 1999 — Jun, 2001 (over 2 years)
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)

Jan, 1997 — Jan, 1999 (about 2 years)
Reporter on the Evening Gazette, Colchester.

Portsmouth and Sunderland Newspapers

Sep, 1994 — Jan, 1996 (over 1 year)
Reporter on The News, Portsmouth

Cumberland Newspapers

Aug, 1992 — Sep, 1994 (about 2 years)
Reporter on the Hexham Courant.

Portfolio

George Orwell on Screen

David Ryan

 British author and essayist George Orwell shot to fame with two iconic novels: the anti–Stalinist satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. A few years after his death in 1950, the CIA bankrolled screen adaptations of both novels... read more

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