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Spring 2004: feature article compilation
Researched and written as part of a 'feature article' course unit for the PGDip Professional Writing course at FCA, this compilation features a variety of article subjects aimed at a broad range of target publications.
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Summer 2004: 'Itchy Cornwall'
As section editor for the restaurant sections in ‘Itchy Cornwall’ – a guide to Cornwall aimed at 18-35 year olds (see www.itchycornwall.co.uk) – I was involved with commissioning and editing content relating to restaurants. I also wrote a number of reviews myself, some of which are featured here (and a few of these – such as the last review here – were written for other sections too).
Reproduced by kind permission of itchy Media Limited ®, Leeds, UK.
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Technical

June 2004: The relationship between print and online publishing:
where is it going?
A report looking at the relationship between online and print publishing, and at what trends, problems and advantages exist for the online medium. Its putative target audience would include media individuals or organizations looking to or contemplating establishing an online presence. Moreover, of such an audience, chiefly operators who already maintain a media presence of some kind are addressed.
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April 2004: Production activities, www.bloc-online.com, 2003-4
This report outlines the strategy adopted and lessons learnt by the 2003-4 editorial team for www.bloc-online.com. It was written as part of an ‘applied technologies’ course unit of the PGDip Professional Writing course at FCA.
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Spring 2000: 'Lay report' – The ozone layer
Written as an exercise in communicating sometimes rather difficult scientific issues to a general – or 'lay' – audience this report was researched and written up as part of a final year project whilst studying Chemistry at Imperial College, London. It presents an overview of the threats posed to the ozone layer and at what the likely consequences for earth may be as a result.
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Scientific

June 2000: Research paper– Molecular Modelling of Pd(0) Insertion into Carbon- Halogen Bonds
This is a scientific paper very different in nature from anything displayed above (I've included it the better to provide some insight into the breadth of my writing background). Researched and written up in order to fulfil an important research element of the final year syllabus for my B.Sc. in Chemistry at Imperial College, the report outlines research carried out in the field of theoretical computer-aided molecular modelling and eventual conclusions drawn. In this instance the oxidative addition of a C-X bond (X = F, Cl, Br, I) to a palladium intermediate is looked at and the effect of the presence of variously substituted alkyne halide metal complexes investigated. This paper formed part of an overall – rather much bigger – research project that eventually resulted in a published paper in the Journal of the Chemical Society (Perkin Transactions 2).
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