About me

I am just about to finish a masters degree in Online Journalism at UCLan at Preston and it is now time for me to find relevant work, whether it be freelance, part-time or full time.

Although I have no professional or paid experience, I have built up a good amount of experience writing for various publications. Most recently (and relevantly), I have been developing and editing the Preston Music Collective's official website (*), which essentially is a music magazine website covering Preston's live music scene. The website also promotes the Preston Music Collective itself, which is a voluntary organisation of music lovers, bands, promoters, photographers and journalists who meet regularly and aim to help push forward Preston's music scene. The website is actually my final project on my masters degree, although I will be continuing to run it after I finish the course.

I also write music reviews and features for Twisted Ear (*). And I recently did a work placement at the Lancashire Evening Post, for whom I created several video stories which were published on their website.

I am a quick learner when it comes to technology and am competent with Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Avid, Flash and Cool Edit. I also have a good knowledge of HTML and CSS, having had several websites over the past few years.

Overall I would say I am a good all-round writer with decent technical knowledge and a good capacity to learn further.