| Basics |
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BA, Newnham College, Cambridge UK. Member: National Union of Journalists
and Reporters sans frontières. After college, staff writer for five years at New Musical Express weekly, London, UK. Then, Deputy Editor, Wire magazine, London, UK and Editor, City Limits weekly, London, UK. Selected archived
music writing online at www.rocksbackpages.com.
General writing selections under journalism or at www.seattletimes.com (requires
login). |
| 2005 - present |
Broadcasting,
journalism, arts
criticism (sample
catalogue essay), web
design and consultancies, especially regarding marketing and media strategies.
Independent producer of arts coverage (UK and US) via film,
print
and
web.
In-progress film projects include a profile of US artist
Elizabeth Jameson. |
| Residencies |
Digital Artist in Residence, 911
Media Arts (Andy Warhol Foundation/NEA, US) and Jack Straw Productions, Seattle, WA, US, for the 2006 documentary The Typing Explosion presented
during the 50th Venice Biennale |
| Books |
TRADE
SECRETS: Young British Talents Talk Business, Thames
& Hudson (Dec, 1999); DESIGN
AFTER DARK: The Story of Dancefloor Style (Thames &
Hudson, UK & US, 1994-present); LIVING
IN AMERICA: The Soul Saga of James Brown (Serpent's Tail,
UK & US, 1992-present); Contributor to "SNEAKERS:
Size Isn't Everything" (Milk/Booth-Clibborn Editions, 1999);
"COOL CATS: 25 Years of Rock & Roll Style" (Eel Pie/St Martin's);
"Anatomy of the Movies" (Macmillan); "TIME OUT GUIDE to the
Cinema" (yearly) |
TV production, presenting,
reporting
|
MTV
Europe (producer of weekly magazine program Weekend Edition;
writer/producer, Features; writer, Daily News); presenter and features
producer for BBC-TV daily arts programs "The Late Show" &
"Late Show Live", assistant presenter for BBC Radio 4's live
"Start The Week". Consistent
work for BBC World Service Radio; Kaleidoscope (BBC); Omnibus (BBC-TV);
Illuminations Productions (BBC and Channel Four); "The Radio
Program" (BBC). Also Radio 5; Jazz-FM;
Greater London Radio and Kiss-FM Radio |
| Selected consultancies |
British
Film Institute, UK (development of web site); 2007 UK digital relaunch of "The Battle of Algiers"; Methodologie (US); Artspace Projects, Inc., US; Atlanta College of Art Gallery; British National Jazz Awards (UK). Curatorial work and catalogue
content: Microsoft, Seattle, WA
(US); Institute of Contemporary Art, London;
Arts Council of Great Britain; South Bank Arts complex (UK); Dallas Museum of Art (US);
Gallery Holly Snapp (Venice, Italy). |
Print & online journalism
US & UK |
The Guardian, US magazine, Entertainment Weekly,
International Herald Tribune, Crafts, New Statesman & Society, www.crosscut.com, Seattle Times, Seattle Weekly, The
Observer, British Vogue, The Dallas Morning News, Rolling
Stone, The London Times, Arena
magazine, City Limits, The Face, Time Out, Independent on Sunday,
The Independent, Sight & Sound, Dazed & Confused,
American Way magazine, Eye, Elle, Elle Decor, Art News, The
Sunday Times |
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