| WORK EXPERIENCE | |
| Time Out London 251 Tottenham Court Road London W1T 7AB Travel Writer. Writing features on American cities for the culture-focused Consume section of the magazine. |
2001-ongoing |
| Time Out Guides Ltd 251 Tottenham Court Road London W1P OAB Writer. Writing destination profiles for travel guidebooks; updating sections for new editions. |
2001-ongoing |
| Corporate Northern Ireland Electronic Media Publishing 55 Melville Street Edinburgh EH3 7HL Writer. Features on business, tourism and education; editing other contributors' pieces and collating images |
1998-ongoing |
| Northern Ireland Travel and Leisure News 16 - 18 Lower Windsor Avenue Belfast BT9 7DW Writer. Travel news stories and features centred on Northern Ireland. |
2002-ongoing |
| wcities.com Ltd. 14 Grosvenor Crescent, Belgravia London SW1X 7EE Website Editor. Responsible for researching, writing and subbing all entries on the Derry/Londonderry site. |
2000-ongoing |
| Editorial Solutions 537 Antrim Road Belfast BT15 3BU Writer. Features and profiles for business-industry magazines based in N Ireland. |
2000-ongoing |
| Guildhall Press Ráth Mór Business Park, Derry BT48 OLZ Writer/Copy Editor. Writing and editing fiction and non-fiction books. |
1989-ongoing |
| The Avenue 537 Antrim Road, Belfast Magazine Editor. Commissioning contributors; Organising content; writing lead features and sub-editing copy. |
1999 - 2000 |
| Irish News 113 Donegall Street, Belfast Writer. Generating and writing arts-entertainment features and news. |
1993 - 1999 |
| Derry Journal Tyrone Constitution Ulster Gazette Temporary Reporter. Writing local news stories; rewriting press releases. |
1992 - 1993 |
| Architectural Publications 182 Ravenhill Road, Belfast Writer. Writing magazine features about building projects in N Ireland. |
1990-1992 |
| Office of Agricultural Communications University of Illinois Copy Editor. Editing technical and educational books. |
1988-1989 |
| National Council of Teachers of English (U.S.A.) Urbana, Illinois Proofreader. Proofreading NCTE books and journals. |
1988-1989 |
| University of Illinois Teaching Assistant. Designing, teaching and grading courses in persuasive writing. Grader. Grading critical essays for literature classes. |
1985-1988 |
| EDUCATION | |
| College of Business Studies Belfast, Co. Antrim National Council for the Training of Journalists Journalism Course |
1992 - 1993 |
| University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois M.A.: English |
1985 - 1988 |
| University of Ulster Coleraine, Co. Derry B.A.: English |
1981 - 1984 |
| MEMBERSHIPS | |
| National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Society of Freelance Editors and Proofreaders (SFEP) |
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| REFERENCES | |
Neil McLennan |
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| Peterjon Cresswell Editor, Time Out Guides E: peterjoncresswell@timeout.com |
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| David Fanning Editor, Corporate Northern Ireland E: 110363.2706@compuserve.com |
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