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EXPERIENCE
• Writer and freelance journalist
Regular feature writer for newspapers and magazines
• Columnist on employment issues
Shropshire Star and Birmingham Evening Mail, 2002-03
• Radio and TV interviews for national and local media
Director, West Midlands Employment & Low Pay Unit, 1996-2004
• BBC Radio Guest Panellist
BBC Radio Shropshire, Drive Time Programme, 2003 onwards
• Magazine and report editor
Editorial responsibility for the West Midlands Employment & Low Pay
Unit’s quarterly magazine, its research reports and all other
publications, 1996-2004
• Press releases
Wrote regular press releases for Shropshire County Council, 1992-96 and
West Midlands Employment & Low Pay Unit, 1996-2004
• Author, Evaluation Reports
Wrote detailed reports on economic and social issues for UK government,
EU and World Bank (1988-92); and on labour market issues for UK
government, Nuffield Foundation and others, 1996-2004
• Journalist training
During 2005 and 2006 I completed NUJ/NCTJ courses in the following
topics: Essential Law for Journalists, Feature Writing, Freelance
Journalism, the Freedom of Information Act, and Writing for the
Internet.
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