About me

Recent media graduate from Newcastle University. For the last two years I was music editor of The Courier and served on the editorial team in the year we came second in The Guardian Student Media awards. In my time at university I received several accolades for my contribution to student media including awards for writing, presenting and the prestigious Pride of Newcastle Award. I write and comment on everything from music to gender to dubiously priced sandwich shops.

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Projects

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  LIVE REVIEW: Kate Jackson and the Wrong MovesI caught my favourite front-woman when I was a chubby indie youth when she came to Newcastle.
• LIVE REVIEW: Wild BeastsI reviewed a sexier and sleeker incarnation of Kendal art-rockers Wild Beasts.
• LIVE REVIEW: Spring KingI caught Spring King when they came to Newcastle.
• LIVE REVIEW: Ulrika SpacekI caught up with London psych band Ulrika Spacek alongside some great Newcastle talent.
• LIVE REVIEW: GoatI caught Swedish psychonauts Goat at their spiritual Newcastle show.
• LIVE REVIEW: Let's Eat GrandmaI reviewed teenage pop virtuoso's Let's Eat Grandma's Newcastle show.

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Work history

Quality Assessor
May 2012
Managing and briefing small teams of telephone interviewers. Listening to calls and providing feedback. Trainee coaching. In-house admin.
Music Editor
Aug 2014 - Jun 2016
As music editor it was my job to ensure that Newcastle University's music pages were produced to an industry level standard. This involved the actual lay-up of the print edition (Photoshop and InDesign) but also managing webcontent (WordPress) and our social media sites (Twitter, Instagram, Spotify). I also ensured that the content that was produced was of a high quality and of specific interest to our audience of students by proposing and proofreading articles submitted to us and liaising with PR companies to secure gig access and albums to review. As well behind the scenes work, I also made a concerted effort to ensure that I still practiced my hand at writing. In my time at The Courier I did everything from gig reviews to food critique and I even managed to interview Lauren Laverne! In my final year at University I was awarded the Pride of Newcastle Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Media.

Skills

• Critic
• Journalism
• Lifestyle
• Blogs
• Online
• Print
• Blogging
• Creative
• Human Interest
• Entertainment
• Proofreading
• Web Content
• Popular Culture
• Social
• Photoshop

Education

BA(Hons) Media, Communication and Culture
Aug 2013 - Jun 2016
I graduated with a 2.1 in summer 2016. My course allowed me to explore issues of representation in the media but also gave me professional practice experience in the field of journalism.

Awards

Pride of Newcastle Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Journalism
Chosen by the Careers Service and the Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University, this award recognised the work I've done with the music section of The Courier. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/students/nclplus/assets/documents/WinnersandRunners-Up2016.pdf