Rebecca Roberts
(She/Her)
Covers:
Home and lifestyle writer covering sleep (mattresses, pillows, duvets, bedding) and kitchen gadgets (air fryers, kettles, blenders, toasters, soup makers).
Doesn't Cover:
I don’t cover politics, current affairs, true crime, or entertainment news. I also don’t specialise in personal finance, business, or specialist tech.
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Rebecca Roberts’s Biography
Read Full Bio →I’m Rebecca Roberts (most people call me Beccy), a Senior Content Editor at Mumsnet, based in Leeds. I lead our sleep and kitchen gadget coverage, which means I spend an unreasonable amount of time thinking about mattresses, duvets, air fryers and whether a “quick clean” setting is ever actually quick.
I started out in journalism at Liverpool John Moores University, editing the student newspaper, The Looprevil Press, before completing my NCTJ postgraduate diploma in Journalism at Liverpool Comm…
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Interview
See all 21 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
I was an intern at the Southport Visiter during my first year at LJMU - my first printed byline was a story about a massive fish!
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Nope, sadly not.
How is social media changing news?
News is now user generated more than it ever has been. It's also diluting the truth in parts.