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Freelance journalist and editor writing features and news for national newspapers, magazines, websites, journals and commercial organisations. Copy is vibrant, sharp, accurate and delivered on time.
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| Hourly Rate / Cost: | £41.67 per hour |
| Daily Rate / Cost: | £333.33 per day |
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| Seller ID: | 327455 |
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SkillsCV (Curriculum Vitae) / Résumé
I am a freelance features and health/medical writer for national newspapers including The Times, The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph and The Observer; for national magazines including Cosmopolitan, Take A Break, Candis, Woman and Home, Bella and for websites allaboutyou (online home of She, Prima, Good Housekeeping), and for Channel Four. I also write for professional journals including the BMJ and Nursing Times and carry out commercial copy-writing, proof-reading and editing for businesses, charities and PR companies.
Tasks involve writing features on health, psychology, general lifestyle, relationships, parenting, real-life, travel and celebrity profiles. I also edit and write health and medical articles for professional magazines and write a weekly blog for the doctors' website OnMedica. I have experience using a news Content Management System.
Employment History
(May 1996 & ongoing)
Freelance Journalist
LondonI am a freelance features writer and health/medical writer for national newspapers (broadsheet/tabloid and compacts), for national magazines, websites and professional journals.
I also carry out commercial copy-writing, proof-reading and editing for businesses, charities and PR material and have experience using a news Content Management System.
As well as feature writing I have carried out news shifts for the Independent on Sunday, The Evening Standard and The Sunday Express, and worked as a researcher for the BBC, working on my own idea pitched and sold to BBC Documentaries (Modern Times).
(Jan 1995 to Jan 1996)
Health Correspondent Ham & High
London(1993 to 1995)
Political and Clinical Health Reporter
Pulse, London(1990 to 1993)
Trainee journalist and later health reporter
Hendon Times Group , LondonEducation
(Jul 1990 to Dec 1990)
Westminster Press
Westminster Press Diploma in Journalism (including local government, journalism law, 100 wpm short-hand and typing)
(Sep 1986 to Jul 1989)
Manchester University
Psychology BA Hons
Categories & Freelance Skills
Media & Creative
Categories
Skills
- Books
- Books
- Business to Business (Journalism - Magazines)
- Business to Business (Journalism - Magazines)
- Business to Business (Writing)
- Business to Business (Writing)
- Business to Consumer (Writing)
- Business to Consumer (Writing)
- Business Writing (Writing)
- Business Writing (Writing)
- Commissioning (Editing)
- Commissioning (Editing)
- Commissioning (Journalism)
- Commissioning (Journalism)
- Consumer (Journalism - Magazines)
- Consumer (Journalism - Magazines)
- Contract/Customer (Journalism - Magazines)
- Contract/Customer (Journalism - Magazines)
- Copywriting (Writing)
- Copywriting (Writing)
- Creative Writing (Writing)
- Creative Writing (Writing)
- CVs (Writing)
- CVs (Writing)
- Editorial Management (Editing)
- Editorial Management (Editing)
- Food & Food Manufacturing (Specialism)
- Food & Food Manufacturing (Specialism)
- FreeHand
- Government (Specialism)
- Government (Specialism)
- Health & Medicine (Specialism)
- Health & Medicine (Specialism)
- Home Affairs (Writing)
- Home Affairs (Writing)
- Home Interest (Specialism)
- Home Interest (Specialism)
- Local Weekly (Journalism - Newspapers)
- Local Weekly (Journalism - Newspapers)
- Magazine Editing (Editing)
- Magazine Editing (Editing)
- Magazines (Journalism)
- Magazines (Journalism)
- Magazines
- Magazines
- Marketing Copy (Writing)
- Marketing Copy (Writing)
- Media & Publishing (Specialism)
- Media & Publishing (Specialism)
- Men’s Lifestyle (Specialism)
- Men’s Lifestyle (Specialism)
- National Daily (Journalism - Newspapers)
- National Daily (Journalism - Newspapers)
- National Weekly (Journalism - Newspapers)
- National Weekly (Journalism - Newspapers)
- Newsletters (Writing)
- Newsletters (Writing)
- Newspaper Editing (Editing)
- Newspaper Editing (Editing)
- Newspaper Supplement (Journalism - Magazines)
- Newspaper Supplement (Journalism - Magazines)
- Newspapers (Journalism)
- Newspapers (Journalism)
- Newspapers
- Newspapers
- Parenting (Specialism)
- Parenting (Specialism)
- Press Releases (Writing)
- Press Releases (Writing)
- Promotional Material
- Promotional Material
- Proof Reading (Editing)
- Proof Reading (Editing)
- Proposals/RFPs (Writing)
- Proposals/RFPs (Writing)
- Regional Daily (Journalism - Newspapers)
- Regional Daily (Journalism - Newspapers)
- Regional Weekly (Journalism - Newspapers)
- Regional Weekly (Journalism - Newspapers)
- Retail (Specialism)
- Retail (Specialism)
- Science & Technology (Specialism)
- Science & Technology (Specialism)
- Social Care (Specialism)
- Social Care (Specialism)
- Sociology (Specialism)
- Sociology (Specialism)
- Specialism
- Specialism
- Specialist (Specialism)
- Specialist (Specialism)
- Technical
- Technical
- Travel (Specialism)
- Travel (Specialism)
- Web Content (Writing)
- Web Content (Writing)
- Website Editing (Editing)
- Website Editing (Editing)
- Wedding (Specialism)
- Wedding (Specialism)
- Women’s General (Specialism)
- Women’s General (Specialism)
- Women’s Glossy (Specialism)
- Women’s Glossy (Specialism)
- Women’s Weekly (Specialism)
- Women’s Weekly (Specialism)
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