Journalism Experience. Education.

EDITOR, Umami Magazine | London

October 2023 -  April 2024

Role undertaken as part of final-year magazine module at City, University of London

• Managing a group of reporters: editing copy, overlooking magazine design, editing photography, and managing website content. 
• Setting up team meetings regularly to provide feedback, create a social media content strategy plan, improve branding, establish design concepts etc.
• Assigning tasks to the relevant team members. Discussing progress with my deputy editor. 
• Making editorial decisions on which images to use for publication, headlines, captions etc. Creating an original style guide and ensuring its adherence. 
• Regular use of Photoshop, Adobe InDesign as well as Instagram business etc.
• Organising team folders, content, images etc. on platforms such as Google Sheets, Google Drive, OneDrive etc.
• Adopting a social media content creator role, creating fun-fact posts, Instagram and TikTok reels/carousels and promoting them on social media.
  
  

REPORTER AND DEPUTY CHIEF EDITOR, The Young Reporter | HONG KONG

September 2022 -  May 2023

​Reporter

• Pitching 'spot news' stories based on recent breaking news 
• Taking photographs for publication
• Writing hard news style, short articles, and long-form features 
• Scheduling and conducting interviews 
• Cooperating with the editor to finalize pieces for publication, including accepting constructive criticism
• Attending weekly meetings to discuss the progress of articles, pitching new stories, and working with a wide team of fellow reporters, editors, and designers to ensure cohesiveness

Editor

• Guiding a team of reporters on how to report according to the TYR stylebook
• Clearly communicating with reporters to ensure a smooth-running reporting process 
• Editing articles and relaying feedback back to reporters to work on 
• Conducting group meetings to discuss reporting strategies 
• Making editorial decisions on which images to use for publication, headlines, captions etc. 
• Using admin software to upload and publish the articles online

CONTRIBUTING WRITER, The New Feminist Magazine |LONDON

June 2021 - 2023

• Pitching ideas to the editorial team and receiving feedback
• Conducting interviews for article pieces within the Cultural, Politics, News, etc. columns
• Participating in a monthly book club to discuss featured books on TNF
• Publishing my work on the magazine website - my most popular feature being my personal essay about leaving Iraq and settling into a Western society.

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER, Maestro Pizza| SHEPHERD’S BUSH, LONDON

June 2021 – September 2021

• Creating food content for Facebook, TikTok and Instagram, tracking engagements with Facebook Business Suite. Using hashtags to increase social media reach and gain new followers.
• Interacting with customers via comments
• Collaborating with a London food magazine to promote Maestro Pizza
• Writing business features on the restaurant’s history
• Photographing and creating footage of the making of food behind-the-scenes, focusing on attention to detail.

CONTRIBUTING WRITER, Carrot Magazine| CITY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

October 2020 - 2022

• Creating content for the magazine’s website, incorporating my feature writing skills
• Editing articles collaboratively with the editors to increase SEO, e.g., a politics piece on a fire in Iraq
• Writing articles within various categories to be published online, including reviews, opinion, well-being etc.
• Promoting the content on social media, including Twitter and Instagram to increase engagements

DRAYTON MANOR HIGH SCHOOL| A LEVELS

September 2018- August 2020

Sociology (A*), English Literature (A), BTEC Creative Digital Media (D*).

DRAYTON MANOR HIGH SCHOOL| GCSEs

August 2018

Grades ranging from 8(A*)-5(C), in chosen subjects Philosophy and Ethics, Sociology, German, History.

HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY| EXCHANGE

September 2022 - May 2023

Courses:

Semester one

• Finance and Economics for Journalists
• The Young Reporter
• The Art of Documentary Film
• Advanced News and Feature Writing
• Introductory Mandarin for Beginners

Semester Two

• Happiness: East and West
• The Young Reporter
• Advanced Media Design for Corporate Communication
• Principles and Practices of Advertising
• International News in a Globalised World

CITY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON| BA JOURNALISM with Study Abroad

July 2024; Class I Honours

Modules include: News Writing, Digital Journalism, Shorthand (110 WPM), Photojournalism, Feature Writing, Politics, and Current Affairs, Magazine Content, Branding and Design, Broadcast (TV/ Radio), Fashion and Lifestyle.

Extracurriculars:

• Contributing Writer at Carrot Magazine Society