Naiomi Madden
Personal Nationality: British
Information
Objective Seeking a
full-time Features Writer position in the magazine industry,interested specifically
in real-life, wedding and celebrity sectors.
Career
September
2010 – Present Gorkana
Media Executive
Responsible for the online database which features
thousands of journalist profiles and provide
a range of products and services to PRs and journalists to help them communicate
better with each other
Oct
2007 – September 2010 Welwyn
Hatfield Times and Potters Bar Edition
Reporter and Arts Editor
·
Researching, securing and
writing a variety of off-diary stories - crime, real-life, council, fashion,
theatre, beauty, education
·
Working to tight deadlines
·
Interviewing members of the
public, celebrities and dignitaries
·
Making valuable contacts to
build up contacts book
·
Uploading stories daily to
the website www.whtimes24.co.uk
April
2010 Star
Freelance Showbiz Writer
Worked
on the showbiz features desk writing and researching a host of celebrity
stories, while gaining new contacts
April
2010 Chat
Freelance Features Writer
Working
on the real-life features desk. Chasing and researching stories from national
and local newspapers before writing them up
August
2009 Real
People
Freelance Writer
Assisted
the Beauty and Health Editor with feature stories, fact boxes, make-up reviews
and competitions
April
2008 Manchester
Evening News
Freelance
Reporter
Paid
shift work on the newsdesk dealing with news stories throughout Greater
Manchester, from chasing and securing them to interviewing the subjects and
writing them up under pressure and at speed
Other Work Experience
Liverpool
Echo, Masons News Service, Bang Showbiz, South Manchester Reporter, Bury Times,
Accrington Observer
Education
2007 Liverpool
Community College: NCTJ in Print Journalism
2005 Edge
Hill University: BA (Hons) in Media and Communication
Personal Skills
Accurate
and quick writing style, clear-cut interviewer, excellent communicator, determined,
nosey, confident, very approachable and friendly, outstanding listener, factual
researcher, motivated, experienced at using social networking sites to gain stories
and contacts, keen to learn, always willing to go that extra mile for an
amazing story
Interests Journalism, showbiz, weddings, music, travel, theatre
References Available upon
request.
