Journalism & editing
For more than four decades, I have reported, edited, launched publications and led newsrooms in Britain and Australia - from national titles and specialist magazines to the local stories that matter most.
Career snapshot
A career built across print, digital, regional and specialist publishing - with a particular fondness for a newsroom that knows its readers.
Senior roles have included Managing Editor APAC at Influencing & Media Connect, Group Editor at Riverina Media Group, Editor of the Barrier Truth and Managing Editor of the West Wyalong Advocate - alongside earlier work at News Corp Australia.
Work across news, business, technology, science, health and motoring, including contributions to The Guardian, The Independent, The Times and the Financial Times.
Fifteen publications and websites launched or relaunched - from founding the Hawkesbury Post and co-launching PracticalMotoring.com.au to shaping magazines and digital products for new audiences.
Launch Editor of Which Car?, News Editor of What Car? and Managing Editor of Australian Classic Car, with five motoring books and decades spent turning machinery into stories people care about.
Editorial approach
Good journalism respects both the facts and the reader. It asks the extra question, finds the telling detail and removes every word that is merely taking up space.
Get it right before trying to make it clever.
Complex does not have to mean confusing.
The second question is often where the story begins.
Give the reader a reason to care - and to continue.
Beyond the byline
Editing is not simply fixing copy. It is knowing who the audience is, what the publication stands for and how every story earns its place.