Selected Work
Articles, videos and projects
Corruption trial: PC jailed for sex deal
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Exclusive court reporting from a major police corruption trial
Tata Nano: World’s cheapest car
The National
Video for Tata Nano launch shot with National motoring editor
Ellington Colliery: Deep coal mining ends in north-east
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
The end of deep coal mining in North-East England
Skills
A MULTIMEDIA APPROACH IN PRINT, VIDEO AND EDITING
Reporting
Covered breaking news, politics, crime and business for national and regional media.
Editing
Copy editor with experience of writing for major national tabloids and broadsheets
Digital Journalism
Worked as news editor, multimedia reporter and producer for leading sites.
Videos
Shot, edited and produced videos for news and travel sites in the UK and Middle East.
Career Highlights
International and mass market experience
Launch of The National
Started Website in Middle East
As a member of the launch team for The National, an English-language newspaper based in Abu Dhabi, I worked as a reporter, sub-editor and online news editor as the project went from a start-up to one of the major news sources in the Middle East.
Metro's chief sub-editor
Read by millions each day
As chief sub-editor on one of the UK’s most read newspapers since 2011, I have helped cover major events including Covid-19, three UK elections, the EU referendum, the Brexit negotiations, the rise and fall of Islamic State, terror attacks in Westminster and Manchester and happier events such as the 2012 Olympics. I have also contributed articles to Metro.co.uk.
Video news production
Visual story telling
I have produced videos on topics such as the launch of the world’s cheapest car and a hospital for falcons I have also worked on campaign videos for the National Health Action Party luxury travel videos for Elite Living Africa and personal projects such as Tony the Big Issue seller who calmed commuters with classical music.
