A writer & editor working in museums, publishing & digital culture R&D, with long experience in cultural programming, the journalism of conflict, and public advocacy. I am a skilled freelance fundraiser & project manager, currently researching digital information ecosystems.
Exploring built digital media information spaces; unnatural ecosystems where humans seek to live sustainably & well.
Creative information project research & development for 'small media', and arts, cultural & museum sector partners.
Delivering all kinds of media, cultural & technological projects; drawing on years of personal contacts, expertise & experience.
A digital media lab for small publishers and a creative advocate for free expression rights between the virtual, the real, and the actual.
Leading new reorganisation & sustainability programmes
New programmes & projects for media & cultural organisations.
Development strategies for digital news verification tools & practices
Defending free expression rights in the world’s toughest corners
Opened IWPR's first award-winning multilingual online news service
Digital Media MA with distinction, in Technology & Cultural Form
Politics MSc, in Nationalist & Ethno-Religious Conflict Studies
Specialist training for high calibre BAME potential board members
Level Four BTEC certificate in Surviving Hostile Regions
Giving a fairer share of its advertising income to media content providers is a better way than endowments to help independent journalism.
Where does the system of Instant Articles, Facebook’s priority news source of choice, fit in with founder Mark Zuckerberg’s ambitions for a more ‘social’ social network?
Solving social media’s crisis of confidence in its role as a global news player requires greater access for journalists and publishers of proven experience.
How will the donor community respond to the myriad challenges – and the responsibilities – that come with funding commitments to non-profit media?