| Basics |
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BA MA, Newnham College, Cambridge UK; other degree qualifications: dramatic criticism, costume history. Member: National Union of Journalists
and Reporters sans frontières, Paris. After college, staff writer at New Musical Express, London for five years; Deputy Editor, Wire magazine, London; Editor, City Limits weekly, London. Now works in Paris and London. General writing samples under journalism; some archived music writing at www.rocksbackpages.com. Languages: English, French, Spanish. |
| 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 reporting and communication.
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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; DESIGN
AFTER DARK: The Story of Dancefloor Style (Thames &
Hudson); LIVING
IN AMERICA: The Soul Saga of James Brown (Serpent's Tail,
UK & US); 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) |
TV production, presenting,
reporting
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BBC World, MTV
Europe (producer, weekly magazine Weekend Edition;
producer, features; writer, daily news); presenter & producer, BBC TV arts programs, assistant presenter for BBC Radio 4's live
"Start The Week" under Melvyn Bragg. Consistent
work for BBC World Service; BBC Radio Four; BBC Radio London; Omnibus (BBC-TV);
Illuminations Productions (BBC TV, Channel Four). Also Radio 5; Jazz-FM;
Greater London Radio and Kiss-FM Radio; in US, NPR. |
| Selected consultancies |
Alliance Française; British
Film Institute, UK; 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) |
Crafts UK, the Guardian, Elle, Elle Décor, International Herald Tribune, 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, Sight & Sound, Dazed & Confused,
American Way magazine, Eye, Art News, www.girlsguidetoparis.com |
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