More than two decades in the editorial industry has granted me many things, and taught me even more.
What I’ve been granted is a rich and varied experience across a range of companies and publications, in different countries. What I’ve been taught is the importance of quality and consistency, as well as a keen understanding of how not to do things.
The latter point is especially important as the industry I forged my career in has undergone massive changes, and continues to do so. Consumer media nowadays is vastly different to what it was in 2000, when I took on my first job as a subeditor for a local newspaper.
However, I firmly believe that print media will never die (after all, video never actually did kill the radio star), and that there will always be a place for quality journalism and fastidious editing, in whatever format it’s delivered.
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