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My experience
Below is a brief summary of my career and education. For more details, you can download my CV (Word doc, 75 kb, opens in a new browser window).
You can also visit my Suite101.com profile (external website, opens in a new browser window) or visit my LinkedIn profile (external website, opens in a new browser window) for more information about me.
My employment history
- Freelance and contract communications adviser, writer, editor and proofreader: 2010
- Senior Communications Adviser: Communications, Ministry for the Environment, Wellington: 2007-2010
- Communications Adviser (Publishing): Communications, Department of Building and Housing, Wellington: 2004-2007
- Editor: Communications, Ministry of Health, Wellington: 2003
- Volunteer scientific researcher, Mozambique expedition: Scientific Exploration Society: 2002
- Researcher: EastEnders and Drama websites, Interactive Drama and Entertainment, BBC, Centre House, London: 2002
- Casual website design, writing and cleaning work while travelling around Australia: 2001
- Editorial Assistant, Assistant Editor, Acting Editor: BBC Education WebGuide, Interactive Factual and Learning, BBC, White City, London: 1998-2000
- Desk Editor: Educational Publishing, BBC Worldwide, White City, London: 1997-1998
- Desk Editor: Hodder & Stoughton Educational, London: 1994-1997
My education
- Current: Bachelor of Creative Technologies (Photography), Wellington Institute of Technology, New Zealand
- 2008-2009: Certificate in Public Relations and Communication Management, Open Polytechnic,
New Zealand - 1993-1994: MPhil Publishing Studies, University of Stirling, UK
- 1990-1993: BSc (Hons) Ecology (upper second class), University of Sheffield, UK
- 1982-1989: 9 O levels, 3 A levels (biology, geography, English literature), Tonbridge Grammar School
for Girls, UK
My achievements
- Wellington District Theatre Federation Full-length Play Competition: 2010
- Winner, Best Actress in a Lead Role
- Winner, Best Drama
- Winner, Best Director
- Winner, Best Overall Production
- Commended, Best Set
- Winner, Best Plain English Champion - Individual, WriteMark Awards: 2006
- Winner, DIVER magazine 40th anniversary short-story-writing competition: 2004
My published writing samples
- Green Cemeteries FAQ: questions and answers about natural burials (external website, opens in a new browser window)
- Everybody's doing it: an article published in the features section of the Dominion Post newspaper in Wellington for then-Climate Change Minister David Parker (PDF, 364 kb, opens in a new browser window)
- Emissions trading scheme basics: an FAQ on the Ministry for the Environment's climate change website (external website, opens in a new browser window)
- Posing for the perfect shot props and all: a travel article about an incident in Egypt published in the Dominion Post newspaper in Wellington (JPG, 839 kb, opens in a new browser window)
- 84 Charing Cross Road: a review of a theatre production in Wellington (external website, opens in a new browser window)
- The Eel's Tale: my first-prize-winning story for Britain's best-selling diving magazine, DIVER (JPG, 687 kb, opens in a new browser window)
- Tanya's Round-the-World Trip: travel blog and photos from a six-week journey in 2009 (external website, opens in a new browser window)
Examples of websites I've built
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Other things I do
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