BLUE FISH MEDIA
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About Me

 
I've made my CV short and sweet, just like my jazz riffs

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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 for a weekly IT newspaper.
1998 - 1999 News Editor PC Direct (Ziff-Davis) - monthly magazine.
1996 - 1998 News Reporter ZDNet (Ziff-Davis) - daily newswire.
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 (shorthand, media law, feature and news writing, interviewing skills).
1991 - 1993 University of Leeds English First Class BA Hons Degree, with Psychology.
1989 - 1991 Hazelwick School, Crawley. A Levels: English, Latin, Economics.


I'm a professional writer who has been crafting copy for papers, magazines, web sites and blue chip companies since the early Nineties. I'm available for writing and editing projects of all sizes, including:
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  • long and short-form marketing 
  • blog posts
  • features & news
  • white papers
  • case studies
  • in-house magazines
  • brochures
  • ghost-written books
  • press releases
  • speeches and scripts
  • video interviews and vlogs
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Clients find my work well written, well researched and delivered to deadline and length.

Industry sectors I have written for include:
  • technology & startups
  • banking & finance
  • legal
  • manufacturing and industrial
  • transportation & logistics
  • healthcare
  • education
  • media and telecoms

I have written for and about small and medium sized businesses, global enterprises, and public and third sector organisations. 

​You'll find me polite and professional at all times, with a can-do attitude and a good sense of humour!

I look forward to working with you. Why not give me a call or drop me a mail?

e: bluefish@talktalk.net - m: 07729 532449

More about me and my life...

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I work from my home office in Sussex. I'm married with three kids.


I love cooking, running, cycling, Pilates, the gym, camping and travelling....

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...I also enjoy playing the tenor sax.

I write novels and run creative writing workshops in schools.

I love life and I love people.

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