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Freelance Journalist - Swansea, London, Brighton, The North (but still shouting for Wales)

Joined November 2010
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My interview with Gemma, one of the millions of overlooked people caring for elderly parents, read her full story in My Weekly #carers #carents carents.co.uk
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My piece on the joys of reporting on the Edinburgh festivals, in the latest issue of The Journalist bit.ly/4cLRGiu thanks to @MarkFFisher @ChrisMCurtis @FergusMorgan & Murdo Macleod @mschrisbuckley #eif #eiff #edfest #Edinburgh
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Motorbiking, pottery and freezing cold swims - my piece on Karen, Tracey and Lisa who found their passion in middle age #coldwaterswimming #motorbiking #pottery #midlife #inspiration
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'The holiday that changed my life', Julie, Galia and Charlotte share their stories in the summer special of Woman's Weekly
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'These aren't just stories to fill space - they're real lives ripped apart' my article on door-knocking in the current issue of The Journalist bit.ly/4a8Ed37
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The highs and lows of being a football reporter - my piece in The Journalist bit.ly/43HDDWz thanks to @johncrossmirror @samuelluckhurst @joncolman and Zoe Hitchen #football #fifaworldcup @mschrisbuckley
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'The dog that came to the rescue' - my story on eight year old Piper and a black lab called Howard, who changed her life, in the current issue of My Weekly #autism #supportdogs @supportdogsuk
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My piece on Becky, 51, who went from running around the block in 2017, to completing six major world marathons @My_Weekly #running #marathon #inspiration #musculardystropyuk
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'There were women trying to tell their stories, but nobody was listening' bit.ly/4ehW6iU - my piece in The Journalist on the #MagdaleneLaundries @lynnekell @StevenOR_ @PatsyMcGarryIT @WarburtonF18710 @NewDecadeFilms @mschrisbuckley
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My piece on Diana who lost both her legs to meningitis and how she never gave up on her Olympic dream #meningitis
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'Journalism combined with public inquiries is a powerful force', my interviews with reporters who covered the Manchester Arena attack bit.ly/4qg0wJX in the Oct/Nov issue of The Journalist #ManchesterArena #reporting #publicinquiry
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A seasonal trumpet blow: @NUJofficial won TUC union journal of the year! Second time in two years! Thanks to our great team including @surgerycreation @RaymondSnoddy @RuthAddicott
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First there were 500, then there were 40,000 - how to cover the world's biggest Elvis festival, my piece in The Journalist bit.ly/3JoQIwI @mschrisbuckley @NUJ_LFB @robbieegrif @owenmoneycomic #PorthcawlElvisFestival #Elvis #MadAboutElvis
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My story on Fizz, who goes to the job centre, bank, leisure centre, library, bingo & local bowls club. And once turned up at a pub five miles away - in this week's Take A Break @CatsProtection @Number10cat #catsprotection #nationalcatawards #Fizzwanderer
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Julie, Galia and Charlotte went on holiday - and it changed their lives, my feature @WomansWeeklyMag @BodyRetreatUK @DravetUK #lifechanging #holidays
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When Louise found herself homeless, it was Mitts, a tiny tabby, who came to her rescue... my piece on Mitts - one of the finalists at this year's #CatsProtection #NationalCatAwards in Best magazine @CatsProtection @Number10cat #cats
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My story on Val & how losing two husbands and finding love for a third time, inspired her to buy a home for the homeless, in the July issue of Take A Break @TheWallich @takeabreakmag #homelessness
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Floods, no fence and face to face with Liam - my piece on what it was like reporting from #Glastonbury back in the day, in the current issue of The Journalist bit.ly/3TFXTCI @punk_dreams @MatthewGeorgewh @musiciany @neil_mccormick @mschrisbuckley #GlastonburyFestival
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Essential reading, especially if you’re going to Glastonbury! @NUJofficial @RuthAddicott Also featuring @RaymondSnoddy on populism; @neil_merrick on AI; @stephaniecpower on podcasts
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'I heard him before I saw him' my piece on Trump & his encounters with the Scottish press in the latest issue of The Journalist bit.ly/4d0wW5P Thanks @StephenPaulStew @BRitchieGuitar Alicia Bruce & Edward Harbinson @mschrisbuckley @NUJ_LFB #Trump
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