Multimedia journalist with a passion for human rights and the environment.
Before stepping into the world of freelance, I was a founding member of The Lush Times (an online platform for reporting the unreported) and co-editor of the revived Lush Times magazine. My role as senior writer at Lush took me all over the world, producing multimedia content with a focus on ethical storytelling. I've investigated vegan activism in Toronto, spent time with regenerative farmers in India, and met Syrian refugees working as rose pickers in Turkey.
I write about human rights, the environment, animal rights, and culture. I've been published by the likes of The 'i' News, Index on Censorship, The Ecologist, Resurgence Magazine, and Shadowproof, and my work has been written about by The BBC, The Guardian, and The Canary. I've also got a particular passion for creative nonfiction, and have been a runner up for the Fresher Writing Prize twice (2017 and 2019), and was a finalist for the New Media Writing Prize in 2019, all with creative nonfiction stories.
Investigating refugee issues has taken me to places like Calais, Uganda, and Turkey, where I always focus on telling human stories, while my documentary Behind the Headlines takes a closer look at what it's like to be an asylum seeker in the UK.
As well as specialising in refugee issues, I've explored the role of Indigenous knowledge in preventing environmental destruction. This topic has taken me to meet the Tiny House Warriors and Indigenous Climate Action in Canada, and to produce an audio documentary and written series with an Indigenous community facing destruction of their sacred natural site in Kenya.
With my feet firmly on UK soil, I've investigated issues like the UK's complicity in data-driven drone strikes, and the controversial undercover policing scandal, meeting women impacted directly. I've been on a 24 hour hunger strike in solidarity with Guantánamo Bay prisoners, and supported the campaign to get British citizen Andy Tsege released from death row in Ethiopia - breaking the news that Andy was home was my best day at work to date.
In 2018, after part-time study alongside a full-time job, I received a distinction in MA Journalism Practice from Bournemouth University, after focussing my research on ethical storytelling of refugee issues - a topic which I continue to speak about and explore. I waddled across the graduation stage in November 2019 whilst nine months pregnant, and have jumped into freelancing following my maternity leave.
I'd like to say a little about ethical journalism too. I hold myself to the highest standards of ethics, and am constantly learning. This means consulting and involving the people I'm writing about, and making sure they're happy with how their story is being told. It's using people's names beside their photos, taking care in interviews, and telling stories that are fair, well-researched, and meaningful.
I write about human rights, the environment, animal rights, and culture. I've been published by the likes of The 'i' News, Index on Censorship, The Ecologist, Resurgence Magazine, and Shadowproof, and my work has been written about by The BBC, The Guardian, and The Canary. I've also got a particular passion for creative nonfiction, and have been a runner up for the Fresher Writing Prize twice (2017 and 2019), and was a finalist for the New Media Writing Prize in 2019, all with creative nonfiction stories.
Investigating refugee issues has taken me to places like Calais, Uganda, and Turkey, where I always focus on telling human stories, while my documentary Behind the Headlines takes a closer look at what it's like to be an asylum seeker in the UK.
As well as specialising in refugee issues, I've explored the role of Indigenous knowledge in preventing environmental destruction. This topic has taken me to meet the Tiny House Warriors and Indigenous Climate Action in Canada, and to produce an audio documentary and written series with an Indigenous community facing destruction of their sacred natural site in Kenya.
With my feet firmly on UK soil, I've investigated issues like the UK's complicity in data-driven drone strikes, and the controversial undercover policing scandal, meeting women impacted directly. I've been on a 24 hour hunger strike in solidarity with Guantánamo Bay prisoners, and supported the campaign to get British citizen Andy Tsege released from death row in Ethiopia - breaking the news that Andy was home was my best day at work to date.
In 2018, after part-time study alongside a full-time job, I received a distinction in MA Journalism Practice from Bournemouth University, after focussing my research on ethical storytelling of refugee issues - a topic which I continue to speak about and explore. I waddled across the graduation stage in November 2019 whilst nine months pregnant, and have jumped into freelancing following my maternity leave.
I'd like to say a little about ethical journalism too. I hold myself to the highest standards of ethics, and am constantly learning. This means consulting and involving the people I'm writing about, and making sure they're happy with how their story is being told. It's using people's names beside their photos, taking care in interviews, and telling stories that are fair, well-researched, and meaningful.
Publications
Lush Times magazine (co-editor and lead writer)
Lush Times online (co-founder)
The Ecologist
Resurgence & Ecologist magazine
i News
Index on Censorship
WhyNow
Lacuna Voices
Shadowproof
Dorset Food & Drink Guide
Hampshire Food & Drink Guide
The Daily Optimist
Lush Times online (co-founder)
The Ecologist
Resurgence & Ecologist magazine
i News
Index on Censorship
WhyNow
Lacuna Voices
Shadowproof
Dorset Food & Drink Guide
Hampshire Food & Drink Guide
The Daily Optimist
