It all started with...
a blog named after a song by The Smiths.
I am a reputable arts and culture journalist and editor for both digital and print publications, offering interviews, reviews and think pieces.
My main focus is popular music and theatre.
🗣 I confidently pitch original ideas and provide innovative but relevant copy
👫 I have built and cherish rapports with key players within the entertainment industry
💁🏻♀️I have developed and sustained my own voice, but am able to adopt different tones and styles for impactful copy
💡I have creative ideas and know how to execute them best to appeal to an audience, whilst keeping to a strict deadline
Key publications:
Past: Music Week, PSNEurope, The Guardian, NME, DIY, HERO/INE, Gigslutz, Unidays, HISKIND, The 405.
Currently: Clash, WhatsOnStage
From 2016 - 2018 I was the Music Editor of tmrw magazine, managing their print and online music and photography sections. This involved organising photoshoots, orchestrating diaries and travel, uploading to CMS systems, working with brand partners, sourcing freelance artists, and creating promotional material for social media.
From 2014 - 2017, I was the Music Editor of The National Student.
Highlights:
⭐️Cover interviews for tmrw magazine with Niall Horan and with Little Mix.
⭐️ Becoming the East Midlands correspondent for WhatsOnStage.
⭐️Establishing the tmrw meets digital feature which saw me produce diary-like fly-on-the-wall image and text articles with artists.
⭐️Launching the revival of The National Student in print.
⭐️Being invited as the guest blogger on Alternative Girls takeover at Girl Museum.
⭐️Spending a week in the NME offices and covering the Mercury Prize Awards for a second year.