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Projects

• Sky News InterviewOn the 12th February 2018, I was interviewed live via Skype by Tom MacLeod for Sky Newsabout the controversial Hughes Hall May Ball trailer, a story that I originally reported on.
• The Tab Cambridge - various articlesHughes Hall May Ball threatened with cancellation over fifty shades of grey trailer - 6,192 views: https://thetab.com/uk/cambridge/2018/02/10/hughes-hall-may-ball-threatened-with-cancellationover-fifty-shades-of-grey-trailer-106734 Catz abolishes scholars ballot landmark decision - 5,214 views: https://thetab.com/uk/cambridge/2017/02/03/catz-abolishes-scholars-ballot-landmarkdecision-88285 Cambridge University named second best university in the world - 4,462 views https://thetab.com/uk/cambridg
• Issue 1477 Private Eye - two articles publishedDuring my week long work placement at Private Eye, I wrote two articles.

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Work history

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Work PlacementPrivate Eye
Aug 2018 - Aug 2018London, United KingdomFreelance
I spent a week working at satirical newspaper Private Eye where I researched leads and stories and wrote them up into articles. Two articles I wrote were published in the 21st August issue (Issue 1477)
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Editor-in-ChiefThe Tab Cambridge
Dec 2017 - Mar 2018Cambridge, United KingdomFull Time
Between December 2017 and March 2018, I ran Cambridge’s most read online student newspaper, where I had the responsibility of running the website and social media pages as well as commissioning, editing and scheduling articles - I raised the Facebook page to just under 17,000 likes. • I lead a team of 24 section editors in addition to our Tab TV film crew • I have written over 20 stories, garnering 51,000 views in total with many achieving over 4,000 views each • I have recently organised a university-wide competition with has received over 10,000 votes • I wrote the original Hughes Hall May Ball trailer banned story which has received 6,000 views and then went on to be reported in the Daily Mail, the Sun, The Times, the Telegraph and the Daily Star. I was also interviewed live on Sky News regarding the story. • Prior to becoming Editor-in-Chief, I was Deputy Editor, Features Editor and Tab TV Presenter. I presented a weekly show for the Tab which would often go viral on Facebook with most videos having a reach of 50,000 people. I also edited all of my videos.

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Skills

• Content and Media Writing
• Feature Writing
• Editorial
• Driving License

Education

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2:1 BA Hons LawSt Catharine's College, University of Cambridge
Oct 2015 - Jul 2018Cambridge, United Kingdom
Graduated with an upper second class degree (2.i - 67%)
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A Level - English Literature (A*), History (A), Politics (A), Economics AS (A)Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
Sep 2008 - Jun 2015Marlow, United Kingdom
I also received 7A*s and 3As at GCSE.