Experience
Gold Standard Level 5 NCTJ Diploma with 100 WPM shorthand
MA Journalism with Merit from The University of Sheffield
BA English Literature First Class Honours from The University of Sheffield
Kennedy News and Media - Reporter
July 2024 - Present
Regularly pitching stories to national and international media outlets
Sourcing all of my own stories
Securing exclusives
Putting together full picture and video packages
Writing features for women's magazines
Manchester Evening News - Work Experience
June 2024
Shadowing reporters in court
Assisting an interview with Ed Davey
Helping create content for the What's On team
Assisting reporters with doorknocking
National World - Freelance
April 2024 - June 2024
Regular shifts writing affiliate articles for National World and their other sites
PA Media - Work Experience
April 2024
Shadowing reporters in court and on other stories.
Achieved joint bylines.
National World - Work Experience
March 2024
Pitching, interviewing and writing stories for their website in the health, celebrity, lifestyle and news tabs, working collaboratively as part of a team
Being asked to take on a freelance role following good performance
SWNS - Work Experience
February 2024
Sourcing and writing stories for their national wire, my stories were featured in the Daily Mail, the Daily Star and Manchester Evening News among others
Exposed Magazine - Internship
January 2024 - April 2024
Writing stories for Exposed Magazine based in Sheffield on a weekly basis including interviews and features, using WordPress to upload stories to the website and working alongside other interns as part of a team
The Yorkshire Times - Features Writer
June 2023 - September 2023
Writing a variety of articles for the p.ublished newspapers based in the North of England. Conducting various interviews for pieces.
Forge Press - Screen Editor
June 2022 - June 2023
Commissioning articles, editing contributor's work, putting together physical newspapers with Adobe InDesign and uploading articles to the Forge Press website using WordPress.
Liberty Belle - Magazine Contributor
November 2021 - Present
Contributing to Liberty Belle Magazine during my time studying at University. I have written for their Health and Beauty, Entertainment, and Fashion sections and even pitching my own ideas to the magazine.
Forge Press - Newspaper Contributor
November 2021 - Present
Contributing to Forge Press during my time as an undergraduate. I have written articles for their Lifestyle, Music, Arts & Theatre, and Screen sections.