SKILLS:
I am a Melbourne-based writer and editor with more than two decades of experience in print, radio and online journalism in Australia and the USA. My skills include writing and editing as well as managing print, online, video and digital projects.
I am currently working as a communications and media consultant for a variety of clients in the energy, environment and media spaces.
FREELANCE WORK:
2017 & 2018 & 2019:
Finalist, published in Better Read than Dead's 'In The Depths of Winter' printed anthology, as part of the Winter Writing Competition, 2018.
Mosman Daily - a selection of cover stories here, here, here and here.
North Shore Times - a selection of cover stories here and here, here and here and also here and here.
Wentworth Courier - From May 2017 onwards, weekly columns for Dining In, On the Side, and Morsels, as well as occasional features and cover stories.
Digital Editions found here. Click on calendar symbol for archive of past issues.
Examples: Wentworth Courier - June 7 (Dining In, Morsels, Deluxe)
Wentworth Courier - May 31: Cover story
Quartz Magazine - The Flavors of America Exist Thanks to its Refugees and Immigrants
2016:
Mindbodygreen - I Drank Only Water for 10 Days; Here's What Happened
Splitopia.com - Friends of the Divorcing Deserve No-Fault, Too
amNewYork Opinion - vacation time
From 2015 to 2017 I was a regular contributor to Publishers Weekly, reviewing memoir, food and non-fiction titles, and interviewing authors. While reviews are anonymous, I was also commissioned to do interviews such as this one with Ayelet Waldman.
2015
Metro International - Victoria's Secret
2013
The Australian Newspaper - Australian coffee shops in NYC
The Wheeler Centre - Hyperlocal Online News
FULL-TIME WORK:
2021-2023
Production Editor
2010-2014
News Editor, Special Projects Editor, Features Editor
2005-2010
Sub-editor, member of production team
2003-2005
TESOL Teacher
Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages
2001-2003
Sub-editor, section editor
1999-2001
Feature writer, Melbourne Editor, 2000 Olympics correspondent
1992-1997
Copyperson, cadet, reporter, feature writer
OTHER WORK:
2000-2010
1999
Communications
1999
Freelance producer
1999
Whatever Music producer
EDUCATION:
University of Melbourne
ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS:
I was the editor of DNAinfo.com New York's Crime & Safety Report, which won an Ippie in 2012 for best multimedia package.
The Crime & Safety Report also won a New York Press Club Award for Best Web Exclusive.
The Crime & Safety Report was shortlisted to the final 7 of more than 1000 entries in the Information Is Beautiful Awards, for the Data Journalism Category, in September 2012.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
Business Insider, produced in association with Street Smart Video.
DNAinfo.com New York's Holiday Gift Guide
2014
New York Fashion Week (sample story)
Archive of my DNAinfo.com bylines