EDUCATION
PRINCE2:
Foundation
Exam: Pass
(2008)
CITY UNIVERSITY:
MSc
Electronic Publishing: Merit (2007)
Modules studied:
Digital Information,
Technologies and Architecture; Writing and Editing for the
Electronic Medium; Human-Computer Interaction Design;
Information Law and Policy; Design and Layout; Multimedia;
Web Applications Development.
Research
Project:
‘Multimedia and UK's national
online news providers.’ Involved face-to-face interviews
with editors, managers, and experts from BBC News
Interactive, Sky News, Guardian Unlimited, Times Online,
Sun Online, Mirror.co.uk, FT.com, Telegraph.co.uk, and the
Press Association.
Edited version winner of 'best
paper' at 9th International Symposium on Online Journalism
(April 2008) at the University of Texas, Austin, USA, and
in Convergence: The International Journal of Research into
New Media (November 2008).
LONDON SCHOOL
OF JOURNALISM: Postgraduate Diploma in
General Journalism: Merit (2006)
Modules
studied:
Journalism and Newswriting;
Media Law; Feature Writing; Subediting.
LEEDS METROPOLITAIN
UNIVERSITY:
Royal Society
of Arts CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to
Adults): Pass
(1999)
LANCASTER
UNIVERSITY:
BA (Hons)
International Relations and Strategic Studies:
2:2 (1997)
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Japanese - speaking and
listening
WEB
PRODUCTION SKILLS: HTML; XHTML; CSS; JavaScript; PHP; MySQL;
Actionscript 2.0; Adobe Creative Suite 3 - Dreamweaver,
Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat; Final Cut
Pro; Soundtrack Pro; FTP; Content Management Systems;
Microsoft Office on both Windows and Mac OS10
platforms.
