Experience

July 2016 - Present

Freelance editor & writer

• Editing and writing different products, including reports, briefings, editorials, annual reviews, research papers and technical guidance.

• Rapporteuring meetings on a range of topics, from pandemic flu to antimicrobial resistance to essential medicines.

• Training NGO staff to write clearly for a general audience.

• Recent clients include WHO, LEGO, PAHO, RJC, UK DHSC and IIED.

September 2010 - June 2016

Staff writer | IIED

IIED is a policy and action research organisation that promotes sustainable development to improve livelihoods and protect environments. As staff writer, I worked with researchers and partners to publish articles and reports that stimulate debate and inform policy. Key achievements include:

• Writing and editing briefings, event papers, meeting reports, donor reports, internal reports, research reports and blogs among others.

• Leading communication strategies for individual projects.

• Managing IIED's annual reports, including developing concepts, editing and writing content, and working with a design team.

• Developing capacity-building tools to improve writing skills within the institute, including style guides and training programmes.

June 2006 - September 2010

Commissioning editor | SciDev.Net

SciDev.Net is an online provider of news, views and analysis of information about science and technology for global development. I ran SciDev.Net's oped desk, helping researchers, policymakers and journalists to communicate their research. Key achievements include:

• Writing and editing editorials, features, news, blogs and marketing materials.

• Commissioning, editing and occasionally ghostwriting weekly opinion articles from researchers and columnists.

• Commissioning, editing and writing regular collections of material (called "spotlights") around relevant and timely topics, for example nanotechnology for clean water, reducing forest emissions, solar power for the poor, remote sensing for natural disasters and nutrition in the developing world.

March 2004 - June 2006

Correspondence editor | Nature

Nature is the world’s most highly cited weekly journal publishing peer-reviewed research in science and technology. Key achievements include:

• Editing the Correspondence pages.

• Writing a weekly ‘Quantified’ slot and creating content for two internal websites.

• Project managing an author and referee services programme, including founding a quarterly magazine for authors (Nurture), managing a community website, and compiling and analysing company-wide publishing statistics.