Gold standard NCTJ-qualified sports journalist with six years experience across broadsheet, digital, and tabloid newsrooms. Specialising in football and tennis, I write accurate and concise copy to strict print and digital deadlines, delivering whistle match reports five minutes before the full-time whistle, features, exclusive interviews, and tactical analyses.
I have exclusivlely interviewed Premier League footballers Levi Colwill and Kristoffer Ajer, and I broke Phil Neville's exclusive admission to me of Inter Miami's interest in signing Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets.
I am highly experienced with live blogs, and am part of a regular pool of freelancers at TNT Sports, where I also carry out regular news desk shifts, transfer live blogs, and quality assurance work.
Speaking A-level French and German, I interviewed Mischa Zverev, the winner of the Eastbourne International in 2018, in his native German, conducting other interviews with some of the tournament's leading male and female players.
Other media experience includes hosting a weekly football talk show on local Insanity Radio during my time at university, as well as being the sports editor of the local paper, The Founder.
Qualifications include gold-standard NCTJ from the News Associates, including 100wpm shorthand and essential media law. I also have FA Level One in coaching football, and FA Level One in talent identification.
