Freelance Directory

Elsa Buchanan

London-based freelance journalist, researcher, news and features writer.

Creative and accurate copy delivered to deadline, for both print and online publications, adapted to in-house style.

Non-limited wide range of subjects (current affairs, investigation, society, and travel).

Has contributed to local and national newspaper and magazines, and news websites: the Daily Telegraph, Stella Magazine, Press Gazette, the Holloway Express and VerveZine. Also commissioned to write a book for a London-based charity.

Reliable and enthusiastic, fluent in French and Spanish. BA Business and Current Affairs and BA Journalism. Diploma in Photo Journalism.

Available for articles, features, and investigation; short or long projects.

Prepared to travel.

Mobile: 07512304320
Email: elsa.buchanan@hotmail.co.uk
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Alice Hudson

Need succinct, stylish copy? Call me.

Experienced feature writer, news reporter and researcher. London-based. Flexible, enthusiastic and professional. Able to take on projects at short notice.

Wide-ranging areas of interest spanning but not limited to: health and fitness, fashion, consumer affairs, lifestyle, property, travel, music, youth affairs, telecommunications, personal finance.

Let me produce compelling material in styles and formats to suit you.

Six years newsroom experience in New Zealand, writing for regional and national publications. Contributed to titles including The Herald on Sunday, Sunday Magazine, Viva magazine and The Aucklander Community Magazine. Copy-writing for The Aussie Group, London. On-line experience includes work for Demand Media and Shares Forum.co.uk. Research for Jongleurs and Music Festivals Plc.

Link to newspaper work samples.

Can provide examples of bespoke research work upon request.

Alice Hudson 07972713289
alicehudson@rocketmail.com

David Nicholson

David Nicholson is a London-based freelance journalist covering business, finance, travel, sport, IT, property, politics and sex. He has written about everything from shark diving to Shariah-compliant bonds, from Soho's sex touts to sub-prime mortgages. He does not write about cars or fashion.

A graduate of Trinity College Cambridge, Nicholson contributes to major UK and international broadsheet papers including The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal, besides dozens of magazines and websites. He has edited several international publications and written a travel guide to 50 European cities and two corporate history books.

To see examples of his work, please look at www.davidnicholson.com. Otherwise please call 020 7359 1200 or email dn@davidnicholson.com.

Brian Maguire

Experienced full-time journalist. Specialist subjects: business, politics, European affairs, and healthcare. A law graduate. Previously employed with international government agency, global business consultants, and national healthcare publisher. Excellent national and international contact base. Radio and TV experience. Public affairs services provided.

Business, law, politics, economics, European markets, and public affairs. Also, healthcare, lifestyle, technology, plastics, engineering and travel writing.

Contact Details:

Brian Maguire

Cathedral House,
23-31 Waring Street,
Belfast,
BT1 2DX
Northern Ireland,
United Kingdom

DD: + 44 (0) 28 9031 3636
Mobile: + 44 (0) 78 55 311 487
Switchboard: + 44 (0) 28 9043 6677
Fax: + 44 (0) 28 9043 6699

Email: brian.maguire@vermelha.com
Web: www.vermelha.com
Skype: brianmaguire

Interview Hub

The biggest interview names for your publication – content that’s original, exclusive and bespoke, and with finished copy from 10p per word… Interview Hub delivers.

Interview Hub is the UK’s leading editorial marketplace for original, bespoke and exclusive interview content; a place where editors have - for the very first time - access to the industry's largest cross-section of names, all available and ready for interview commissions... celebrities, academics, sports stars, politicians, all in one place.

Every interview we provide is bespoke and exclusive, the parameters of which are determined by the commissioning editor. We’ve produced head-to-heads with Theo Paphitis and Peter Mandelson, full-length features with Ricky Gervais and punchy Q&A; material with Jenson Button, and with a potential turnaround of 48 hours, late copy can now also be great copy.

Search 15 different genres or let us chase names on your wish list, free of charge.

Interview Hub... Interview content. Connected.

Email: enquiries@interviewhub.co.uk
Web: www.interviewhub.co.uk

LRN Media

LRN Media is arguably the UK's most dynamic and diverse editorial solution provider. We are a modern evolving company, born into an upfront era of multi-content platforms and expansive communication channels. But our premise is a simple one - to provide tight, polished and cost-effective editorial that is wholly targeted and truly bespoke.

We have a resource base of over 200 brilliant journalists, and work to supply content both in press and online, from one-off copywriting assignments to feature-length pieces and full mag planning and provision.

We carry with us a team of experienced, award-winning designers, offering clients a full-service agency resource that has managed and supplied content across angles as diverse as sport, entertainment, fertility and social housing.

Tel: 07703 723000
Email: james@lrnmedia.co.uk
Web: www.lrnmedia.co.uk

Max Scratchmann

Welcome to the other side of the coin, the dark side of the moon and the crumbled part of the cookie.

Award-winning lifestyle writer and humorist with twenty plus years experience seeks commissions.

Alternative lifestyle, down-shifting, weird food, off-beat humour, self employment, guerrilla marketing, alternative travel/tourism, foreign/art-house film & DVD, kinky sex, strange people, outsider art, etc. If it's off the wall call me now! Features, columns, reviews, books even!

Author of two books, The Betty Boop Book, the unauthorised biography of animation's first sex symbol, and ILLUSTARTION 101, a streetwise marketing guide for illustrators, now in its second edition.

Tel: 01224 487880
Email: maxillus@aol.com
Web: www.scratchmann.co.uk/words.h tm

David Thomas

Writer with 25 years' experience providing news and features about all aspects of European automotive industry for national consumer/specialist titles and newspapers. New-car launches, road tests and vehicle manufacturing, plus interviews with the people behind the products - from used car salesmen to the boss of Ford.

Tel: 01923 854466
Email: David_J_Thomas@msn.com

John Cranage

John Cranage is a former regional newspaper journalist with more than 40 years’ experience, including ten years as a business, finance and economics correspondent with the Birmingham Post.

There he was engaged in day-to-day, in-depth, reporting of a wide range of sectors for this business-oriented newspaper, with a emphasis on corporate and personal finance issues as well as the automotive industry.

As a freelance he still contributes regularly to the Post’s business supplements and has experience of writing for a wide range of publications, including magazines such as Investors’ Chronicle and company and industry newsletters.

Contact Details:

John Cranage

16 Ridware House, Hobs Road,
Lichfield,
Staffordshire,
WS13 6SY
United Kingdom

Telephone: 01543 253547 or 07973 306959
Email: johncranage@hotmail.co.uk

Marianne Curphey

Award-winning personal finance writer specialising in pensions, investment, mortgages, property, and savings. Expert on career development and work/life balance.

Top quality, bespoke copy delivered to deadline for national newspapers, magazines and websites. Former staff writer and commissioning editor, contributor to Observer, Telegraph, Times, Guardian Unlimited and numerous consumer, business and in-house magazines. Also available for corporate and consultancy work.

• Author of E-Cash, a guide to managing your money online
• Launch editor of Guardian Unlimited Money
• Specialist in finding interesting and unusual case- studies
• Can provide advice on launching and managing websites
• Highly experienced writer and editor

Tel: 01943 604025 or 07971 047284
Email: info@curpheymedia.co.uk
Web: www.curpheymedia.co.uk

John Maslen

I have worked as a business journalist for more than 15 years and over the past decade I have specialised in all areas of motoring, especially business motoring, such as company cars and vans.

I spent much of this time working on Fleet News, the industry newspaper for company car and van fleet decision-makers, starting as a reporter and working my way up to editor, which gave me a detailed knowledge of every aspect of the world of business motoring.

In addition to Fleet News, I have also worked as editor-in-chief of Fleet Van, editor-in-chief of Fleet News Europe.

John Maslen,
Business Motoring Journalist
01832 275853
07905 921150
jbcmaslen@gmail.com
www.johnmaslen.com

Ryan Beaird

Please contact Ryan Beaird on 0773 7738816 or email RJBeaird@statestreet.com
www.beairdo.co.uk

JaredMedia Circulation Consultants Ex News International - Mirror Group

Clients base: UK - USA - Germany - India. Advise on Planning - Market Target Focusing - Subscription Management - Retail Development. We also provide a one cost review service enables you to see if your current set up is working to it's full potential.

Tel: 01438871224
Web: www.jaredmedia.co.uk
Email: dj@jaredmedia.co.uk

Sarah Clark

I can write upbeat and to the point copy on a huge variety of subjects. I created relentlessly-positive.com in 2006, and I've written sparkling copy for health, beauty and spa magazines, written beauty features for websites and marketing copy for skincare companies.

I have experience in working on both consumer and trade titles, and have also written for legal and government publications.

My past role in the Government Office covered editing staff publications and external newsletters, writing website copy and sourcing 'good news' stories - and for Trading Standards I was taken on to demystify consumer law for the masses.

Email: sarah.a.clark71@btinternet.com

Nicola Thornton

A professional journalist/editor/copywriter with 10 years' experience writing features, news and business copy for online and print media. Quality writer who can produce clean, accurate copy quickly and to deadline. Ideas person who is also able to follow briefs and lead inspired publicity campaigns. Excellent proofreader. Regular contributor to international business press, in-flight and lifestyle magazines. Fluent in Spanish. Creative and reliable. Knowledge of Indesign and Quark. Specialisms include: advertising, travel, health, business, lifestyle, living abroad and media. See examples of recent work at www.globalbusiness.uk.com and www.barcelona-metropolitan.com

Contact Details: nicolathornton@hotmail.co.uk Tel: +34 663088173

Neil Cumins

G75 Media is a leading copywriting agency, founded by Neil Cumins and based just outside Glasgow. A stellar roster of global clients illustrates G75 Media’s ability to produce outstanding copy to any brief - from internal communications to internet copywriting, and from bullet-point notes to breaking news. Every sentence is crafted to your precise specifications, and even tight deadlines can be comfortable met, with one dedicated account manager handling each client company. Thanks to competitive business rates, almost every organisation can afford to commission our rapid and reliable service, with fully itemised invoices dispatched only when the work is complete.

www.g75media.co.uk
Email: info@g75media.co.u
Tel: 05601 678 219

Louise Greene

Sub-editor and writer with over 13 years' experience, strong organisational skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines, seeks regular sub-editing/proofreading work in the London area, 1 to 3 days per week.

Mobile: 07903 671 558 email: louise.greene@ntlworld.com

Lee-Anne Smith

Experienced all rounder delivers quality copy to deadline across all industries. Specialises in corporate editorial bringing unique combination of left-brain logic and right-brain creativity to all projects including press releases, articles, brochures, newsletters, annual report copy, presentations, speeches, web content, proof reading.

Tel: 0208 858 0021
Mobile: 07909 536 197
Email: tale1@btinternet.com

Jamie Smith

Experienced news and features writer, based in the wilds of Cornwall. I can file copy before the plane has landed at Newquay or the train leaves Paddington. Specialist in environment, yachting, travel and tourism, farming, gardening and available at the drop of a hat for news assignments. Regular contributor to national papers, specialist and local press. Also available for copywriting.

Contact: Jamie Smith
Tel: 01326 376880, 07870 270058
email: jamie@smithreport.com
www.smithreport.com

Samuel Dardick - Crossword/Wordgame

Long established freelance crossword/word game compiler having retired in 1999 but hoping to re-commence activities, now find myself left behind in the business race due to lack of email, fax or online facilities (never needed them!). Is there a features editor out there, able and willing to forego this computer-obsessed society and get down to good old- fashioned sensible business communication?

Samuel Dardick
Flat 9, Highgrove Court, Beadham Drive, Blackley, Manchester M9 0GT
Tel: 0161 740 7102 - 9am - 1pm

Momtaz Begum-Hossain

From papercrafts (cardmaking/scrapbooking/papier mache) to customising (clothing/gifts), sewing (appliqué/patchwork) to jewellery making (wire), knitting to silk painting, I can design and write original projects for your publication on a variety of techniques. Whether you'd like a "how to" or "beginner's guide" feature or interviews with leading crafts industry experts "I will answer your crafts queries. Homes/interiors/fashion" all types of "DIY makes" covered. I have worked on leading adults and children's crafts publications and am the author of "Bollywood Crafts: 20 projects inspired by Popular Indian Cinema."

All abilities are catered for including beginners and experienced enthusiasts. I have worked on a successful re-launch and have a bulging contacts book. Talk to me about your ideas including how to incorporate crafts into your publication. All projects and work are original, full step-by-step instructions, hints/tips and variations given " no projects refused!

Email: contact@momtazbh.co.uk
Website : www.momtazbh.co.uk
Mobile: 07931 511 782

Pete Allen

Graphic designer with 20 years experience and a particular expertise in editorial and magazine design. Based in Dorking, Surrey, I produce professional and beautiful results for all your design needs at an affordable cost.

Having gained a valuable amount of experience as a designer, art editor and art director, I work across all disciplines including brochures and corporate identity, (website design service imminent) though my passion is editorial design including all related publicity.

I can commit to any project from a 2 page newsletter to a 300 page magazine.

Please visit my website for references and recent projects
Web www.peterallendesign.co.uk
Tel 01306 882938
Email peter@peterallendesign.co.uk
Mobile 07761 218862

Christine Michael

I've edited two market-leading slimming magazines and written a popular reference book on weight management; now I'm freelancing again, keen to help if you need authoritative, reader-friendly features on all aspects of diet and health, and interested in editorial project work too.

01789 842305
c.michael@btconnect.com

Steve Barnes

The remote sub-editor

I sub copy. Any copy - news, features, sport, business, websites, magazines, newspapers. If you're short of subs, just give me a call and I'll log in and help out. I also design and produce publications - anything that contains words and pictures. If it's digital, I can do it.

E-mail: info@globaledit.co.uk
Websites: www.subediting.com/remote and www.globaledit.co.uk

Chris Milton

Freelance writer, sub-editor and copywriter with 10 years' experience. I can deliver flawless, tailor-made copy to deadline. I have an elegant, witty and concise style and have written technical articles, high-profile interviews, marketing copy, lifestyle features, articles on current affairs, and book, film and product reviews. I can adapt my style to suit a variety of readers. I am also an experienced and talented sub-editor, have experience of substantial rewriting, and am available for corporate proofreading, copywriting and advertorial. Areas of special interest: literature,cinema, parenting, visual arts, London, food and drink, popular culture, Middle Eastern politics.

Tel: 07523 071 331
Email: cmil11@hotmail.com

Andrea Ashfield

I’m a freelance feature writer with 10 years’ industry experience. I specialise in the hospitality and catering sector, but I’ve also written for a wide range of trade and consumer titles, with subjects including food and drink, restaurants, homes and gardens and weddings. As former editor of a respected hotel publication, I know what it takes to provide high quality copy that meets your brief and deadline. Don’t hesitate to call to discuss your potential project.

South East
Mobile 07967 224 790
Email andrea.ashfield@btinternet.com

Paul Morris

Paul Morris is a freelance journalist with seven years’ experience in the public relations sector. An NCTJ–trained journalist with extensive newsroom experience, he has worked for in-house and external agencies, dealing with a wide range of clients, ranging from small and medium-sized businesses to blue-chip companies. These clients have come from a number of areas, including, software, construction, charities, insurance and public bodies, giving him a wide range of experience in both the public and private sectors. He is able to offer the following services;

• Copywriting
• Photo-journalism
• Advertising
• Speech writing
• PR Evaluation
• Report writing
• Proofreading
• Editing

Samurai Press & PR Ltd.
Tel: 01827 722333
Fax: 01827 722333
Mob: 07791126329
Email: p.morris10@btinternet.com

Jason Caro

Jason Caro is a skillful and respected journalist with a decade of experience. Joining Film Review as production assistant in 1997, he was soon promoted to assistant editor, before becoming cinema editor of What's On in London. Turning his talents to freelance writing, he continued to contribute to these publications, as well as Radio Times, Starburst, TV Zone, Dreamwatch and Ultimate DVD. Now based in his hometown of Cardiff, he is a regular contributor to the lifestyle website www.3sacrowd.com and is the Cardiff specialist for the BMI Baby in-flight magazine and website. He is an entertainment expert, but can write about any subject with equal enthusiasm and creativity.

Email: midnightrun@hotmail.co.uk
Telephone: 02920 750979/07903 662087

Dan Roberts

Dan Roberts is a feature-writer, interviewer and columnist with over 10 years’ experience of working for newspapers such as The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent, Daily Express, Mail on Sunday and Sunday Mirror, as well as numerous national magazines. His areas of expertise include health, personal growth, relationships, psychology and parenting.

He has produced health features on subjects as diverse as depression (The Observer), nanotechnology (Daily Express) and shaolin kungfu (Men’s Fitness). He writes two monthly columns and has produced copy for various Blue Chip companies, for both print and online campaigns.

Dan Roberts
0208 815 9976
07766 704210
Dan.roberts8@btinternet.com
www.dan-roberts.net

Peter Jump

Taking the initiative and bringing creativity to assignments are Peter Jump’s defining qualities. He also combines a dry wit (most evident in his popular interviews with high-profile business figures) with a commitment to excellence. Peter possesses a unique blend of skills and experience that includes lifestyle magazine editing (travel and motorcycling), freelance business journalism (trade and consumer), PR account handling, and copywriting for major corporations including IBM and BT. He's also had published Stupid Factor (an essential guide book to setting up a successful business) and has a physics degree from Imperial College. Specialist areas and skills: Feature Writing, Magazine Editing, News Reporting, Sub-Editing, Copywriting, PR. - Business & Finance, Green Issues, Travel, Technology, IT, Motorcycling, Property.

Tel: 01963 359 247
Mob: 07762 264 106
Email: jump.press@btinternet.com

Richard Preen

Richard specialises in producing gambling and sports related material. He has built up an extensive knowledge of the betting industry, including key contacts, ensuring that his copy is relevant, thorough and engaging.

He is comfortable with all forms of betting whether it’s the more traditional forms, such as horse racing and sports, or the increasingly popular online gaming market. He is adept at altering his writing style from a formal approach, suiting b2b publications, to a more informal tone asociated with lad mags and humour driven websites. Richard is available for new projects and turns around professional copy to meet your deadlines. Further information, including examples of work, can be found at www.richardpreen.com

Richard Preen rpreen@hotmail.com
07769 690 766

George Dryden

Looking for an enthusiastic, professional and experienced journalist to produce bright, hard-hitting copy which your readers are guaranteed to enjoy?

Congratulations on reaching the end of your search!

I’m NCTJ-qualified and have more than seven years’ experience at regional newspaper level. I currently write for a number of regional and national publications, and I am also writing a book about a phenomenally gifted yet approachable psychic clairvoyant, horse whisperer and animal communicator.

Specialist subject areas: Property; homes and interiors; fashion, health and beauty; mind, body and spirit; complementary therapies; travel; food and dining, motorsport.

E: george@gdryden.co.uk
T: 07770 276610
W: www.georgedryden.co.uk

John Ozimek

Writer and Consultant with a strong data flavour. Has recently covered issues such as ID Cards, Data Security, ID Theft, Online ID, Data Privacy, Censorship, Extreme Porn, Vetting, Policing the Internet, the Internet Watch Foundation. Both the practicalities and the politics of current data issues. Also has a strong interest – both serious and not so serious – in virtual reality. Second Life and beyond.

John is a regular writer for the Register, as well as magazines both online and off. Data Strategy. Customer Information Management. The British Computer Society. Also currently hard at work on a book entitled: “New Labour, New Puritanism”

John Ozimek,
Lincolnshire, UK
01778 34271
john@ozimek.co.u

Judy Bartkowiak

Writer / Researcher / Interviewer / Photographer

Open University Creative Writing Course 2007 • Written many articles, short stories, web content, Subjects include : health / nutrition, fitness, pregnancy, NLP, Green energy.

Background and Interests

1. International Marketeer • MA International Marketing • Post Grad Diploma Market Research • Ran Kids Brands Europe for 10yrs • Market Research Consultant for 10yrs prior to Kids Brands Europe
2. Experience kids and families • Taught and ran Montessori Nursery School for 7yrs Market Research Consultant Kids Brands Europe • 10yrs • Have four kids
3. Emotional/ Career development / Life Coaching • NLP Master Practitioner • NLP Business Practitioner • Diploma in Personal and Pastoral Counselling

judy.bartkowiak@freelancejournalism.com

Tracey Law

Freelance Journalist and PR Consultant

Tracey Law is freelance journalist and public relations consultant whose work spans a variety of genres and a couple of decades.

Based midway between the cities of Hull and York, I have worked in everything from business to travel, IT, education, health, court and real life stories, and have advised government agencies, and large and extremely small companies on public relations and how to make the best use of the media.

I am a trained NCTJ journalist who has worked for a variety of regional newspapers and national magazines. Equally skilled in interview, research, delivering copy to deadline, crisis media and news and feature writing.

Tel: 07815 884081
Email: tracey@lawpr.karoo.co.uk

Andrew Cole

Highly experienced writer and editor, available for features, news, editing and rewriting work. Specialisms include: medical, nursing, public health, health and safety, HR, management, patient issues and more.

I have over 25 years' experience as a journalist, the last 18 in health care. I am a regular contributor to Guardian Society, BMJ, Health Service Journal and a range of other professional magazines and websites. I also edited a trade journal Health Management and was deputy editor of Nursing Times before going freelance 12 years ago.

Samples of my work and references from satisfied customers are available on request.

Tel/ fax: 020 8530 3002
Email: a.cole71@ntlworld.com

Julie Penfold

Julie is a freelance journalist specialising in all aspects of health and is a proud member of the Guild of Health Writers. Julie writes succinct, reader-friendly editorial and can effortlessly switch from working on healthy lifestyle and nutrition topics for consumer magazines to writing healthcare features on areas including nursing and social care for specialist customer publishing titles.

Email: julie@juliepenfold.co.uk / Tel: 07905 335550 / Web: www.juliepenfold.co.uk