Experience

SPIN

• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Features Editor

  • Apr 2023 - Present

• Senior Editor

  • Nov 2022 - May 2023

  IMPACT Editor, Feature Writer, Columnist



Book writing

• United States
• Writing and Editing

• Author

  • 2006 - Present

  Author of three books of literary journalism: MAYHEM: the Strange and Savage Saga of Christopher 'BADNE$$' Binse (Pan Macmillan, 2016) Running with the Blood God: Down and Dirty with Freedom Fighters, Rebels and Misfits (Picador, 2013) My Colombian Death: a Journey into the Heart of South America's Most Dangerous Country (Picador, 2008) Author of three books of literary journalism: MAYHEM: the Strange and Savage Saga of Christopher 'BADNE$$' Binse (Pan Macmillan, 2016) Running with the Blood God: Down and Dirty with Freedom Fighters, Rebels and Misfits (Picador, 2013) My Colombian Death: a Journey into the Heart of South America's Most Dangerous Country (Picador, 2008)



Pan Macmillan Australia

• Australia
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manuscript editor

  • 2008 - Oct 2020

  Hired to tighten and improve nonfiction book manuscripts with structural edits and line edits. Hired to tighten and improve nonfiction book manuscripts with structural edits and line edits.



UNSW

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Course convenor

  • Feb 2010 - Jun 2019

  Taught graduate journalism courses in feature writing and news reporting.

• Course Convenor

  • Feb 2016 - Jul 2016

  Course Convenor of MDIA1002: Media Industry Contexts



University of Newcastle (UON), Australia

• Conjoint Fellow

  • Oct 2015 - Jan 2018

  Researcher into violent historical continua. Researcher into violent historical continua.



Fire & Rescue New South Wales

• Retained Firefighter

  • 2012 - 2018

  Accredited by the State Rescue Board (NSW) as a rescue operator, qualified in such areas as extracting casualties from wrecked vehicles and performing abseil rescues. Trained Firefighter, Rescue Operator, qualified Motor Driver/pump operator, and holder of Basic Life Support qualifications. Awarded a medal for meritorious conduct, AKA doing my job. Accredited by the State Rescue Board (NSW) as a rescue operator, qualified in such areas as extracting casualties from wrecked vehicles and performing abseil rescues. Trained Firefighter, Rescue Operator, qualified Motor Driver/pump operator, and holder of Basic Life Support qualifications. Awarded a medal for meritorious conduct, AKA doing my job.



University of Western Sydney

• Education Management

• Adjunct Fellow

  • Jul 2013 - Jan 2016

  Writer of literary nonfiction and accompanying scholarly essays and presentations. Writer of literary nonfiction and accompanying scholarly essays and presentations.



University of the South Pacific

• Fiji
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer in Journalism

  • Mar 2014 - Jul 2014

  Lecturing in journalism and convening journalism courses. Lecturing in journalism and convening journalism courses.



The Conversation Media Group

• Editor

  • 2011 - 2012

  Sydney Editor Energy + Environment Editor Commissioning and editing stories, newswriting, conducting media training, public speaking. Sydney Editor Energy + Environment Editor Commissioning and editing stories, newswriting, conducting media training, public speaking.



Journalism and Media Research Centre, University of New South Wales

• Lecturer & Research Associate

  • 2009 - 2011

  Lecturing in graduate-level courses of professional writing and communications. Course design and convening. Coordinating research projects and drafting reports for government. Lecturing in graduate-level courses of professional writing and communications. Course design and convening. Coordinating research projects and drafting reports for government.



The Newcastle Herald

• Sub-editor

  • 2007 - 2010

  Fact checking, grammar and language correction and tightening, checking for fairness and balance, caption and headline writing. Fact checking, grammar and language correction and tightening, checking for fairness and balance, caption and headline writing.

• Sessional Lecturer

  • 2008 - 2008


The Sydney Morning Herald

• Australia
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Journalist

  • Feb 2002 - Nov 2005

  Journalist, specialising in higher education coverage for 18 months, plus periods covering arts, sport, general news and in copy-editing. Also worked on the side as a freelancer, covering conflict in the southern Philippines and other stories. I left the SMH to write a book, My Colombian Death (Sydney: Picador, 2008) and undertake a Doctor of Creative Arts specialising in literary journalism (graduated 2010). Journalist, specialising in higher education coverage for 18 months, plus periods covering arts, sport, general news and in copy-editing. Also worked on the side as a freelancer, covering conflict in the southern Philippines and other stories. I left the SMH to write a book, My Colombian Death (Sydney: Picador, 2008) and undertake a Doctor of Creative Arts specialising in literary journalism (graduated 2010).