CV

About

Freelance writer based in Edinburgh. I maintain the blog for music promoter Ten Tracks and co-edit The Edinburgh Reporter as well as contributing on a freelance basis to publications including The Guardian, Mslexia Magazine and IdeasTap.  I also work part time as an office temp and volunteer as Media Officer for new children’s theatre company Homespun.

Skills and Experience

Writing

2003 – 2005: The Blairgowrie Advertiser and The Perthshire Advertiser

2004 – 2008: Student press in St Andrews

• The Chihuahua (Satirical Magazine)
• Odd Socks (Comedy Society Newsletter)
• The Vine (Student Lifestyle Magazine)

2009 – 2010: City of Edinburgh Council publications

• Outlook (Council Newspaper)
• Tales of One City (Library Services Blog)

2010 – 2011:

• Guardian Edinburgh
• STV Local

2010 – present:

• The Broughton Spurtle (North Edinburgh community paper)
• The Edinburgh Reporter  (hyperlocal news site)
• IdeasMag

Blogging

I started blogging in 2002 using platforms including Livejournal, Blogger and WordPress.

• Blogs I have contributed to
  • Hecklerspray
  • I We Two Three
  • Mslexia Magazine
• Blogs I curate
  • Ten Tracks
  • Homespun Theatre
•  Blogs I own
  • 12 Books in 12 Months
  • A Daddy Long Legs is not a Father
  • The Temp Files

Social Media

As a freelance journalist working mainly online, using social media as a tool for newsgathering, networking and promotion is one of my key strengths.

• Twitter
  • Personal accounts @periwinklewine and @12books12months
  • Run @HomespunUK as part of work as Media Officer for Homespun Theatre
  • Contribute to @tentracks feed to promote events and new site content

• Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/12books12months and https://www.facebook.com/HomespunTheatre
• Flickr
• Pinterest
• YouTube
• Audioboo

Education

Jan-March 2010

Edinburgh College of Art – Introduction to Creative Digital Drawing

2004-2008

The University of St Andrews – MA (Hons) Modern History, 2:1 Subjects studied: Art History, Russian Literature, English, Film Studies, Modern History

Selected Work from June 2010 – Present:

Interviews

• Director Hannah Drake on cuts in the Southwest for IdeasTap
• Artist Nicolas William Hughes on creative opportunities in South Wales for IdeasTap
• Dancer Fenella Kennedy on how dance shows on TV help and hinder for IdeasTap
• Manager of Lung Ha’s Theatre Company Michael Fraser on inclusion in theatre for The Edinburgh Reporter
• Edinburgh Genealogist Kirsty Wilkinson on why the Census is important for The Edinburgh Reporter
• Inventor Ben Schogler on his brand new musical instrument, the skoog, for The Edinburgh Reporter
• Budding author Bethany Anderson on her Victorian Literature Challenge for The Edinburgh Reporter
• Filmmaker Matthew Faggiani on bringing his first short to Edinburgh for The Edinburgh Reporter
• Indie band Kid Canaveral on their involvement in SXSW for The Guardian
• Producer John Durnan on why he mastered Sick Kids CD for free for STV Local
• Leith band Frantic Chant on how they got 21 Edinburgh bands together in the name of charity for STV Local
• Edinburgh candidates in the Scottish Election 2011 on their favourite bands for Ten Tracks

Liveblogging

• Kid Canaveral’s Christmas Baubles for The Guardian
• Cameo Nights of Horror I and II for The Edinburgh Reporter
• Scottish Elections with The Edinburgh Reporter
• The Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Film Reviews

• Four Lions
• Skeletons
• The Crab

Other

• ‘Confessions of a Penniless Creative‘ for IdeasTap
• ‘What Scottish Independence means for Eurovision‘ for Hecklerspray
• ‘Why Edinburgh Libraries were too good to cut‘ for The Guardian
• ‘12 Books in 12 Months‘ for Mslexia Magazine
• ‘Adolescence‘ for the Brikolage website