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Journo Resources Fellowship
Is music journalism really dying, or is it just morphing?
That's the question I explored during my six-month fellowship with Journo Resources, where I developed my skills through workshops and mentorship while producing a long-form print feature on the state of the field.
The piece looks at how the decline of print has been paired with a boom in blogs, community forums, fan communities and live streamers; how music journalists have shifted from breaking news to contextualising culture; and what that means for authority, access and representation in music media.
Thank you to my interviewees Dwayne H., Solomon Pace-McCarrick and Cheri Percy, to my editors Jem Collins and Kayleigh Watson, and to the sponsors who make the programme possible.
The Guardian
Letter to the editor on proportional representation.
I had a letter to the editor published in The Guardian arguing against criticisms of electoral reform and proportional representation.
It was great to see my writing in print in a national newspaper, especially for a cause I believe in, as part of my work with Make Votes Matter, an organisation campaigning for proportional representation in the UK.
The Irish Times
Ten years on from the Bataclan attacks.
Today marks ten years since the November 13th ISIS attacks in Paris, a night I lived through as a 13-year-old Irish kid, and one I never truly processed until I finally wrote it down.
The piece ran digitally on The Irish Times, was selected as a Highlight and Top Story, and landed in the Top 10 Most Read. So many readers reached out to share their own connection to that night.
Huge thank you to Genevieve Carbery for editing and publishing this story.
The Irish Times
An Irishman at Oxford, and a spot in the Most Read.
I wrote about my experience as an Irish student at the University of Oxford for the Abroad section, being honest about the good, the bad and the ugly.
The article ranked in the Top 3 Most Read on The Irish Times website several days in a row and was selected as a Highlight, something I never expected when I set out to write it.
It's a privilege to share stories from my own life in such an established publication. Thank you to everyone who reached out.