Journalism.
I’m currently a senior digital producer at The Telegraph. Below is a brief selection of my previous writing.
“Bright red double decker buses, art deco buildings and stylish cars neatly line the streets – these archive photographs are not scenes of old London or Paris, but of downtown Baghdad.”
The New Arab
I interviewed the man on a mission to change the world’s view of Iraq through a unique curation of archive photos that showcase a bygone Baghdad. Read the full story here.
“After our conversation, 18 months on from the fallout, it's not entirely impossible to believe the mess, traumatic as it was, was meant-to-be.”
The New Arab
Sudanese-Australian author, engineer and social justice advocate Yassmin Abdel-Magied spoke candidly to me about rebuilding her life in London after a controversial tweet resulted in press attacks and death threats. Read the full story here.
“The opening of a mysterious 2,000-year-old sarcophagus by archaeologists in Egypt has failed to deliver the world-ending curse some had hoped for.”
The New Arab
Social media stories like this one brought light relief to an otherwise serious news agenda in the Middle East. My humorous spin on a widely covered story was helped along by pithy statements from the Egypt’s ministry of antiquities. Read the full story here.
“A police drug squad was called in to investigate the dope discovery, and told Mrs Budd her flock had grazed on around £4,000 worth of the class B drug.”
Surrey Mirror
This story highlights one of many weird and wonderful moments of working in local news. My scoop was picked up by Independent, Buzzfeed, and BBC’s Have I Got News For You.
“I’ve been to quite a few airshows, pilots come down low to draw the crowds. Then I had this instinct that he wasn’t going to pull up.”
Surrey Mirror
This tragic event grabbed headlines around the world. One family who were stood inches from the horror shared their miraculous story with me. The story was picked up by the likes The Times, Telegraph and Daily Mail.
“Embo’s no trainers policy spurned a thriving new business for the man in charge of the burger van , who rented out shoes and shirts for a fiver for those arriving in their Reebok Classics.”
Surrey Mirror
The demolition of a decades-old institution was an opportunity for a multigenerational trip down memory lane, from cinema-goers in the 1930s, to foam party clubbers in the noughties.