JOURNALISM. EDITORIAL PROJECTS. PODCASTING.

 

Journalism

Although my current work is mostly focussed on writing books, public speaking and digital consultancy, I’ve worked as an award-winning journalist for 21 years, both in senior management and as a freelancer writing long form features, blogs and news around mainstream lifestyle which comprised of women’s issues, dating, relationships, fitness, mental health, and equality-based articles. I currently write a regular column for The i Paper.

My previous role as Executive Editor and Global Lifestyle Head for HuffPost UK included editorial, digital strategy, commercial, projects and brand work. I managed two teams and was deputy editor for the whole site, as well as global lifestyle content strategy. As a freelance writer and editor now, I write for online and print publications, across different mediums from commentary to well-researched investigative pieces.

Here are some of the links to publications I have written for:

The Telegraph
Stylist
iNews/The i Paper
HuffPost
Glamour

The Times
'You don’t have to be a woman to self partner’
'Weightlifting helped me cope with my grief’
'What to say and what not to say when someone is grieving’

Red magazine
'11 ways to get more love in your life’
'How I learned to date again after losing my husband’

Grazia
'How alcohol may fuel your anxiety’
'A strategy to tackle racial bias is long overdue’

Unbound
'100 kg of inner strength’

Editorial Projects

I’ve worked on editorial launches, start-ups and incubator projects that have involved building out the editorial and social media strategy, working alongside commercial and mar-comms.

At HuffPost, I created and innovated several month-long projects which were way ahead of their time, which focussed on women - looking at different, lived-in experiences and issues affecting women. I created a project for men, looking at untangling what is now termed as ‘modern day masculinity’ and an intersectional look at being a parent, respectively, spear-heading the idea of having prominent guest editors to champion the message.

These were:
All Women Everywhere (guest editors: Jameela Jamil & Emilia Clarke)
Building Modern Men
Thriving Families (guest editor: Jamie Oliver)
Sustainable Fashion (guest editor: Livia Firth)

Podcasts