Christopher Gaynor
From Surrey, UK Driver: Full, Clean
A diverse pro-active freelance journalist/blogger, who manages own website – updated daily, and hasover three year’s journalism/blogging experience. Seeks a challenging and engaging role in either onlineor print journalism.
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Shorthand (Pitman Training Teeline – 60wrd/min) (NCTJ) PA 1 and 2 – Media Laws 1, 2, NewsWriting
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Pitman Training diplomas in (Office, HTML, Dreamweaver, Quark Xpress (in offline portfolio), andphoto software (Adobe Photoshop – see website)
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Social media experience (Twitter, Facebook – has broken stories using these applications), andHTML/some web tech knowledge, eg web design and SEO.
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Winner of “Journalist Entrepreneur of the Decade” award from noSWeat Journalism Training attheir gala dinner in October 2009.
Webmaster managing political websitewww.plenty2say.com, launched in 2008.Breaking News, Features, and Comment and Opinion
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Site Promotion
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Engaging with readers using coveritlive
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The site currently attracts more than 1500 visitors per month.
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Wrote an e-book on UK central government and uploaded to the site.
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Editing occasional stories submitted by contributors.
Brasov Visitor Magazine /Website , Romania, Transylvania,March 1st – April 1
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2008
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Writing News, Features
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Attended a Romanian press conference
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Wrote an exclusive travel blog for the UK’s premier citizen journalism websitewww.the-latest.com edited by well-established journalist and former ITV broadcaster Marc Wadsworth.
Personal Statement/ObectiveExerienceKe Journalism Skills/Achievements
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