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Dave Doyle

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Cheltenham
As seen in: The Syncopated Times, The Daily Mirror, Wales Online, Bristol Post, Hull Daily Mail, Nottingham Post, Derbyshire Live, Kent Live, Gloucestershire Live, Grimsby Live, Somerset Live and
Covers:  courts, travel, news, business, bands, features, crime, charity, entertainment, politics, music, fire, police, unsigned, jazz, science, medicine
Doesn't Cover: advertising, sales, sport, distribution
✏📸Writer/photog. 🎺Jazz essayist/critic. (Cited in Wikipedia!) 😎📚Copy editor. 💃🕺Swing dancer. 🎹Half-decent pianist. Recent work - muckrack.com/dave

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Dave Doyle’s Biography

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I am currently working freelance for a mix of national and international media outlets, PR firms and public bodies, providing broad-spectrum support in journalism and communications. My current focus includes science communication, heritage and jazz.

I also copy edit books and journals for academic publishing houses; I've helped produce three full-length works and multiple scholarly articles, to date.

I worked for eight years at Regional Media Ltd, an independent newsgroup covering Rotherham, …

Dave Doyle’s Journalist Portfolio

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Sneak Peek Showreel

Sneak Peek Showreel

A showreel of clips from the Sneak Peek archive, submitted to the O2 Media Awards 2013. The show was a "highl…

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"Build cultural bridges" etc.

"Build cultural bridges" etc.

"Build cultural bridges", Mum admits: "I feel scared" and Plea to unite against grooming gangs.

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Counting the cost of free speech etc.

Counting the cost of free speech etc.

Counting the cost of free speech and Far right protesters virtually close the town centre and cost businesses…

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Dismay at rise in hate crime

Dismay at rise in hate crime

Muslim faith leader Saghir Alam said he was shocked by an increase in hate crime in the wake of the Jay child…

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"We don't know exactly what made these men offend" etc.

"We don't know exactly what made these men offend" etc.

"We don't know exactly what made these men offend" NB: My two stories got the news editor's byline by mist…

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The town that died of shame

The town that died of shame

Right now, Rotherham feels like the most shamed place in Europe. Journalists from Germany, France and Belgium…

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Articles

Caity Gyorgy with Strings

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By Dave Doyle Verified
| The Syncopated Times
When Caity Gyorgy won her second JUNO Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, jealous critics crawled out of their hidey holes to diminish her achievement. Unfazed, the Canadian songstress fired back with a brilliant diss track (“The Bartender,” on 2023 album You’re Alike, You Two) and just went on making records—one of which, Hello! How Are You?—bagged her yet another JUNO earlier this year. This third gong makes Gyorgy the second most prolific vocal jazz JUNO-winner, behind Diana Krall’s seven.
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Carolina Reapers Swing • Built Different

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By Dave Doyle Verified
| The Syncopated Times
When it comes to dancing, I don’t get around much any more. I had the option of going out last weekend, but I opted to stay in and watch a movie instead. Honestly, it’s like the lockdown—throughout which I bemoaned the prohibition of public partner dancing and what it was doing to my social life—never even happened… If I’d listened to the latest album by Carolina Reapers Swing instead of watching telly, I might have been prompted to get off my couch and go Lindy hopping after all.
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Pershore 2025: Jazz on a Summer's Day

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| The Syncopated Times
How many concerts could you stand in one afternoon? Before August I’d have said two, perhaps three; that four would have my backside numb and five would see my mind wandering. Well, apparently I would have been wrong, and I can actually manage six: that’s how many sets the Pershore audience enjoyed and—despite the seniority of most patrons present—things were livelier by the end than in the beginning.
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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

Reading the traffic and travel news on radio stations Magic 999 and Magic 1152, Manchester.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Only for writing love letters.

How is social media changing news?

Social media has changed wholesale the gathering of news, its presentation (e.g. Al Jazeera's The Stream) and the news agenda.

Awards

O2 Media Award (Highly Commended)

2013 - New Media

The Sneak Peek was shortlisted and "highly commended" at the O2 Yorkshire & Humber Media Awards 2013. It achieved joint second place, beaten by one project with its own dedicated editorial team and a starting budget of £2,000. A judging panel of journalists and news editors described The Sneak Peek as "unique" and credited it for targeting a young audience often forgotten by local newspapers.

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