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Claim your profileRegional story editor (sub editor) for Reach PlcI mainly work on the Derby Telegraph and Burton Mail newspapers but have also covered shifts for newspapers in Birmingham, Newcastle and Devon.I am an accomplished features writer and former editor of the weekly title, the Ashbourne News Telegraph.My feature writing experience includes celebrity interviews, consumer product tests, travel reviews and motoring road tests (car and motorcycle).Advanced knowledge of Adobe InDesign and Quark XPress software. Also an amateur photographer, video editor and web designer.Started my 20+ year career in journalism as a reporter covering police calls, court cases and inquests.Won the Anthony Nolan Regional Journalist of the Year award in 2013 for my work promoting awareness around leukaemia and blood cancer.
Journalism at Newham College Of Further EducationGraduated: 2003
Bachelor Of Arts, Education, English at University Of DerbyGraduated: 2001
English, General Studies at South East Derbyshire CollegeGraduated: 1998