I have been covering history at the Daily Mail since the start of 2021. Last October, I was promoted to history editor. My job sees me write features pegged on anniversaries, new books and films and exclusive interviews. I also regularly commission and edit pieces by expert historians and freelancers and I manage the Mail’s online obituary coverage.
My work has led to appearances on BBC Radio 4’s Broadcasting House programme, GB News and Talk TV.
Before starting to cover all things historical, I was a home news reporter, having ‘graduated’ from the Mail’s two-year trainee scheme in September 2020. Through the trainee scheme, I also had experience on the foreign news, showbiz, health and Femail desks.
I have been a qualified journalist since July 2018, when I graduated from an NCTJ-accredited MA course at the University of Kent’s Centre for Journalism. As part of the Mail’s trainee scheme, I worked as a reporter for the Liverpool Echo for ten weeks, and then spent four weeks at the SWNS agency in Birmingham. I then returned to London in February 2019 to start in the Mail’s newsroom.
Outside of journalism, I was a member of the trustee board of the cancer charity Young Lives vs Cancer (formerly CLIC Sargent), from September 2017 until December 2022. My role involved the representation of the charity at public events, scrutiny of board documents, and the financial oversight of the charity. It was an extremely rewarding experience. You can read more about how I became involved with Young Lives on my ‘Charity Work‘ page.