AOP Awards Best Commercial Partnership runner-up, 2006
Channel 4 and I were born on the same day.
I've always worked in online journalism, and love the swiss army knife nature of it: building galleries, writing news, subbing, hosting live chats, commissioning pieces, chatting to people, filming and producing videos - all of it. My ideal job is something where I get to do all of those things, and I'm incredibly lucky to have that at The Times, where, nerdily, I've wanted to work since I was about 10.
I won my first two jobs, which is a bit ridiculous, but handy as I grew up in the country and my only journalism contact there emigrated to Germany. I started out at the BBC, where I worked on the Radio Times and Top Gear sites, and Empire, on the Emap Talent Scholarship. I edited Emap's Aloud Festivals site and Gig Guide, then worked at the Royal College of Surgeons (home to an absolutely banging museum), thelondonpaper and a showbiz news agency before ending up at The Times in 2010 to work on the election online.
In August 2011, I became staff to work as commercial projects editor across The Sunday Times, where I commission, build and manage client microsites; and indulge my love of all things wordy by looking after the online editorial side of The Times Spelling Bee. I also contribute to The Spectator arts blog, Domestic Sluttery and its recently released book, GamesMaster and BBC Radio 5 Live.
December 16, 2011: BBC Radio London, talking about last minute Christmas shopping.
December 15, 2011: Tony Livesey on 5 Live, discussing the unending crapness of modern Christmas music .
December 3, 2011: Breakfast on BBC Radio 5 Live, and BBC Breakfast on BBC1, talking about men vs women's attitudes to Christmas shopping (vague panic on both sides).
November 16, 2011: PR Week's PR and the Media conference, discussing online journalism in two panels with editors and journalists from ITV, BBC and The Spectator. (Report from the conference)
October 10, 2011: Tony Livesey's show on 5 Live discussing doggy bags (really) with Rosie Millard.
September 20, 2011: Tony Livesey's show on BBC Radio 5 Live discussing red hair with Tony Horne.
September 10, 2011: ONFM101.4's The Danny and Juliet Show, talking about sharks, car parks, fruit and Storify .
August 13, 2011 : Empire Big Screen. Panellist on The World's Greatest Comic Book. Interviewed DC/Marvel cover art legend and Iron Man re-inventer, Adi Granov for his one-hour show.
February 18, 2011: Guest on BBC Radio Wales, BBC 5 Live and Vanessa Feltz on BBC Radio London to discuss Anna Nicole Smith: The Opera
God, this is all getting a bit listy, isn't it? Time to watch some French kittens.
10 PROBABLY QUITE SHALLOW THINGS THAT MAKE ME TICK
Twitter
Sharks
Cocktails (2012's favourite: ?? 2011: Sidecar 2010: Gin Fizz)
Nintendo
The Phantom of the Opera
X-Men comics
Jilly Cooper
Singing jazz
Pub quiz machines
My book collection