I've made my CV short and sweet...
… just like my jazz riffs
2002 - Present Freelance Editor, Writer and Media Consultant, writing, editing and consulting for a wide variety of technology, business, finance, charity and lifestyle clients, agencies and publications. Novelist, and Director of a publishing business.
2001 - 2002 News Editor IT Week (VNU), managing a team of reporters, wading through a thousand emails a week, deciding on day-to-day strategy and cover stories.
1999 - 2001 Internet Section Editor IT Week (VNU), writing a regular column and covering e-business, online innovators, and web software in the early days.
1999 Senior Reporter IT Week (Ziff-Davis), bouncing around news conferences, press parties and different countries to find the hot technology business stories.
1998 - 1999 News Editor PC Direct (Ziff-Davis).
1996 - 1998 News Reporter ZDNet (Ziff-Davis).
1995 - 1996 Sub Editor PC Direct (Ziff-Davis).
1994 - 1995 Trainee Journalist Highbury College and Advanstar Communications in Chester.
1994 - 1995 Highbury College NVQ4 magazine Journalism Diploma, where I learned shorthand, media law, feature and news writing and interviewing skills.
1991 - 1993 University of Leeds English First Class BA Hons Degree, with Psychology in the first year.
1989 - 1991 Hazelwick School, Crawley. A Levels: English, Latin, Economics.
2001 - 2002 News Editor IT Week (VNU), managing a team of reporters, wading through a thousand emails a week, deciding on day-to-day strategy and cover stories.
1999 - 2001 Internet Section Editor IT Week (VNU), writing a regular column and covering e-business, online innovators, and web software in the early days.
1999 Senior Reporter IT Week (Ziff-Davis), bouncing around news conferences, press parties and different countries to find the hot technology business stories.
1998 - 1999 News Editor PC Direct (Ziff-Davis).
1996 - 1998 News Reporter ZDNet (Ziff-Davis).
1995 - 1996 Sub Editor PC Direct (Ziff-Davis).
1994 - 1995 Trainee Journalist Highbury College and Advanstar Communications in Chester.
1994 - 1995 Highbury College NVQ4 magazine Journalism Diploma, where I learned shorthand, media law, feature and news writing and interviewing skills.
1991 - 1993 University of Leeds English First Class BA Hons Degree, with Psychology in the first year.
1989 - 1991 Hazelwick School, Crawley. A Levels: English, Latin, Economics.
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