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KELLY SMITH LTD

Freelance Journalist

WEST MIDLANDS
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I'm a versatile journalist and copywriter who's not afraid of a challenge.

I can turn my pen to any subject, style or format, from crafting thought-provoking features to producing award-winning publications and compelling online content.

As well as stringing together a decent sentence, I bring a balance of experience and fresh perspective to my assignments.

For the record, I'm a member of the National Union of Journalists and the British Guild of Beer Writers.

Key Skill:Journalist Experience:Middle Weight

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Profile
This is my professional profile
Olympic dream
An interview with British table-tennis No1 and London 2012 hopeful Kelly Sibley, written for the BBC website.
Gay girls' guide to pubs (extract)
An excerpt from my pick of inclusive pubs around the country for Europe's biggest selling glossy magazine for gay women.
One righteous babe
An interview with prolific folk singer-songwriter and equal rights activist Ani DiFranco, for Brighton-based gay newspaper One80news.
DIVA
High-profile features for best-selling gay women's glossy DIVA, from life in the closet to civil partnerships and the lesbian sex-toy industry. (Examples available on request.)
Brewing up less of a storm
(Excerpt from) a feature on how some of the UK's most successful brewers are embracing green technology to reduce their carbon footprint and increase productivity. Written for top trade magazine Morning Advertiser.
Something to shout about
(Excerpt from) a feature on how brewers are exploiting their eco-credentials, which looks into how they reduce the carbon footprint of each pint and how they use this knowledge to chase the 'green' pound. Written for top trade magazine Morning Advertiser.
In the firing line
(Excerpt from) an analysis of retail crime in the UK, written for The Grocer. Particular focus on the effect of the recession on the prevalence of shoplifting, theft and robbery, and the steps retail staff are taking to protect themselves from related violence.
Award-winning publications
Publications development is an area of expertise, having gained seven years' experience in producing and managing award-winning business, customer and staff magazines (and additional literature) for various companies, from blue-chip pub operators to local builders merchants.



Pub tenants- are their hands tied?
(Excerpt from) investigative news-feature on the problem of 'buying out of tie'(licensees purchasing beer illegally, outside the contract set by their pub company). What are the motivations and consequences? How is the beer-tie affecting the industry and what can be done? Written for top trade magazine Morning Advertiser.
Watching Wales
Part of a special report on how the smoking ban in Wales affected its pubs. I travelled from the north region of the country, through the villages dotted around the Brecon area, and ended my journey in Cardiff, interviewing pubs along the way and taking the general temperature of how the ban had impacted on the Principality's leisure trade.