There’s loads of common ground between the editorial features below and the writing I do for brands and businesses. They’re all stories.
Whenever I write, I look for original angles, curiosity-sparking details, and authentic emotional beats. (You should see my shopping lists.)
These are the things that engage readers, whether you want them simply to enjoy the story or to enjoy the story and then do something.
The Guardian
‘It’s quite primal’: the blissed-out bagpipes of pibroch
www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/25/pibroch-bagpipes-music-scotland-burns-night
My editor called my submission ‘elegant’, don’t you know.
BBC
South Africa’s language spoken in 45 ‘clicks’
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20210601-south-africas-language-spoken-in-45-clicks
The Economist commissioned me to write an account of this story, too.
Culture Trip
Punchdrunk theatre redefines Shanghai for visitors
In which I take the phenomenon of immersive theatre and run with it.
Truth in Photography
See: ‘Fall Edition, 2022’
www.truthinphotography.org/truth-in-photography-is.html
I was commissioned to write this during my time editing the Magnum Photos website.