| Basics |
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BA, Newnham College, Cambridge UK. Member: National Union of Journalists
and Reporters sans frontières, Paris. After college, staff writer for five years at New Musical Express, London. Then Deputy Editor, Wire magazine, London, and Editor, City Limits weekly, London. Can work between London and Paris. General writing samples under journalism; some archived UK
music writing online at www.rocksbackpages.com. |
| 1995 - present |
Independent producer of arts coverage via online, radio, print and film. Broadcasting,
journalism, arts
criticism (sample
catalogue essay), and consultancies, especially regarding online communications.
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| Residencies |
Digital Artist in Residence, (Andy Warhol Foundation/NEA) for completion of The Typing Explosion, presented
during the 50th Venice Biennale |
| Books |
TRADE
SECRETS: Young British Talents Talk Business, Thames
& Hudson (2000); DESIGN
AFTER DARK: The Story of Dancefloor Style (Thames &
Hudson, 1994); LIVING
IN AMERICA: The Soul Saga of James Brown (Serpent's Tail,
UK & US, 1992); Contributor to "SNEAKERS:
Size Isn't Everything" (Booth-Clibborn Editions);
"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 since 1989) |
TV production, presenting,
reporting
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MTV
Europe (producer of weekly magazine Weekend Edition;
writer/producer, Features; writer, Daily News); presenter & features
producer for BBC-TV arts programs "The Late Show" &
"Late Show Live", assistant presenter for BBC Radio 4's live
"Start The Week". Consistent
work for BBC World; 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 |
Alliance Française; British
Film Institute, UK (site development); UK digital relaunch of "The Battle of Algiers"; Artspace Projects, Inc., (US); British National Jazz Awards; Microsoft; Institute of Contemporary Art;
Arts Council of Great Britain; South Bank Arts complex; Gallery Holly Snapp (Venice, Italy). |
| Print & online journalism US & UK (selected) |
The Guardian, Elle, Elle Décor, International Herald Tribune, Crafts UK, US magazine, Entertainment Weekly,
The
Observer, British Vogue, Rolling
Stone, The London Times, Arena
magazine, City Limits, The Face, Time Out, Independent on Sunday, New Statesman & Society, The
Sunday Times, Vogue, the Seattle Times, Seattle Weekly, Sight & Sound, Dazed & Confused,
American Way magazine, Eye, Art News, www.girlsguidetoparis.com |
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