Senior Reporter

• Nov 2018 - Present

Freelance Feature Journalist

• Dec 2010 - Nov 2018

GTR is the world's leading international trade finance magazine, read by and featuring the market's key banks, credit insurers, corporates, traders, law firms, brokers and consultants. GTR provides timely and in-depth news, leads and analysis on the global emerging markets trade finance, export finance and risk markets. Published six times a year, and with an editorial board that reads like a 'who's who' of leading players in the market, GTR publishes international trade finance news, views, features, case studies and data that will give you the edge for business leads and risk mitigation. Show less

Freelance Journalist, Researcher and Editor

• Nov 2008 - Present

Specialised freelance and consultancy work, including research, editing, copywriting, feature journalism, business writing, outsourced PR and marketing services. Selected Achievements: - Feature article writing for the global trade newsletter of a major US bank - Producing white papers for a major Latin American telecommunications company - Script-writing for UN-HABITAT 100 Cities Initiative monthly vodcast – writing 1 minute news segments. - Copy editing for style, grammar and voice for several major companies and NGOs, including 4C Coffee Association. - Copy writing for UN-HABITAT 100 Cities News electronic publication – created copy for media pack and sales pages. - Advertising copy – wrote a 40 second TV ad for UN-HABITAT Urban World publication. - Advertising copy – created “heartbeat” strap-line for Etisalat’s East African subsidiary, Zantel, which was used across their entire campaign, from billboards and TV ads to print ads. - Advertising copy – created copy for the Emirates Airlines “Discovering China” campaign, published in print and on billboard ads throughout Tanzania. - PR copy – wrote press releases for Stanbic Bank, TIGO and Barrick Gold, among others - Website copy – helping businesses create a strong voice through sales pages, about us pages, and full website copy. Ranging from tourism operators, satellite TV providers, photography sites and advertising agency websites. - Loan and sponsorship proposals and calls for investments for NGOs and private initiatives, including full business plan, profit and loss and loan proposal for a new mass transit system in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and investor proposal writing for a leisure resort in Zanzibar. Show less

Feature Journalist and Sub-Editor

• Dec 2010 - Mar 2020

PFD Publications Ltd. is a privately held, diversified media business with core interests in publishing, events and e-commerce in both business-to-business and business-to-consumer fields. Our organisation works in partnership with some of the world's most respected governments, multilateral agencies and trade associations, and manage relationships with over 2,000 international advertising clients. Our business sectors and specialist areas are sustainable tourism and development, humanitarian relief, renewable clean energies and sustainable urban development. Across these sectors, we provide market leading publications, integrated websites and unique events. Feature articles published in UCLG - United Cities. Topics covered include water, international development, microfinance. Show less

Financial Journalist and Editor

• Jun 2011 - Oct 2018

MT Newswires is a premier source of full-day stock market news and consolidated depth-of-market data, analytical services and strategic trading ideas for the retail and institutional investment communities. Real-time newswire editing and writing content including: - Earnings Reports - Pre-Market Sector Updates - Midday Sector Updates - Closing Market Sector Updates - Global Market Summaries - Analyst Actions - Breaking Economic News MT Newswires is a premier source of full-day stock market news and consolidated depth-of-market data, analytical services and strategic trading ideas for the retail and institutional investment communities. Real-time newswire editing and writing content including: - Earnings Reports - Pre-Market Sector Updates - Midday Sector Updates - Closing Market Sector Updates - Global Market Summaries - Analyst Actions - Breaking Economic News

Freelance Feature Journalist

• Oct 2015 - Jan 2018

News Deeply is a new media and technology company dedicated to bringing thought leaders together, enhancing public engagement, and improving the user experience of complex global issues. Our team of journalists and technologists builds unique, user-centered resources that fuse news, live events, information design, and social participation. Produced indepth features for: Inclusion Hub, a joint project by News Deeply and the MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth - writing on financial inclusion, microfinance, remittances, regulatory issues and mobile banking The Women and Girls Hub, a platform for news coverage and community engagement, focused on women and girls in the developing world. The site is produced by News Deeply and supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Writing on women's and girl's health issues, including access to sanitation and maternal health. Show less

Editor

• Nov 2011 - Dec 2016

Working on editorial for economic features published both physically and online with the Guardian, Die Welt, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Evening Standard, The Economic Observer (China) and on proprietary publications including The Golden Book of Business.Responsibilities include: planning editorial outlines and assigning work to journalists, final responsibility for copy-editing the finished report, transcribing all interviews from the field and editing them for publication, writing copy, translating interviews conducted in Spanish to English, establishing social media presence and reach, liaising with commercial department of the business to ensure business objectives met through the publication. Show less

Project Director

• Nov 2011 - Mar 2012

Worked on supplements for the Guardian newspaper on the Seychelles and Sri Lanka. - Travelled to both countries to interview government ministers and CEOs of parastatals and private sector organisations.- Compiled editorial on the main drivers of the economy, from tourism and infrastructure to exports.

Feature Journalist

• Jun 2009 - May 2012

Feature journalist for VodaWorld - official publication of Vodacom in the SADC region. Writing on African development, HIV/AIDs, water, MDGs, microfinance, environmental issues and economics. Feature journalist for VodaWorld - official publication of Vodacom in the SADC region. Writing on African development, HIV/AIDs, water, MDGs, microfinance, environmental issues and economics.