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STEPHEN NEALE

Freelance Journalist

LONDON
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Award winning writer with 20 years experience. Any subject, anywhere, anytime and any place.

I'm good because I care - most don't.

Regular contributor to Xinhua News Agency, World Finance, EuropeanCEO, Estates Review, New Economy.

The only foreign correspondent employed by Xinhua (London Bureau).

Clients: World Finance,Estates Review,EuropeanCEO,Profero,Recruitment Consultant

Key Skill:Journalist Experience:Senior

Other Skills:Journalist (Senior), Current Affairs (Senior), Feature Writing (Senior), Arts / Entertainment Review (Senior), Automotive (Senior), Agriculture (Senior), Aviation/Aerospace (Senior), Babies / Children / Maternity (Senior), Beauty / Fashion (Senior), Business / Corporate (Senior), Economics (Senior), Education (Senior), Engineering (Senior), Finance / Tax (Senior), Food and Drink (Senior), Foreign Affairs (Senior), Health (Senior), History (Senior), Information Technology (Senior), Investigative (Senior), Law (Senior), Lifestyle (Senior), Medical (Senior), Politics (Senior), Popular Culture (Senior), Property (Senior), Religion (Senior), Sport (Senior), Telecoms (Senior), Travel/ Tourism (Senior), Copywriter (Unrated), Public Relations (Senior), Photojournalist (Senior)

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Xinhua London correspondent
The first UK freelance journalist employed by the Chinese state news agency, Xinhua. Provides regular analysis on the UK and world economy.
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Comment and opinion
Leader and comment pieces submitted by name or ghost written. Articles on the finance and business sectors form the main. (See the attached link.)
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Business and finance analysis
A regular contributor to international publications and news agencies. Specialist features focus on the state of the City, world finance and the property sector.
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National exclusives
A story about one of the UK's most read crime writers and his dispute with Essex Police. It made headlines around the world after he decided to kill off his character, Frost, in protest at his treatment by senior police officers.
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Journalism experience and knowledge
Managed regional news desk covering London and south Essex for the 13 years. News editor responsible for all copy and pictures in 11 editions, into 500,000 homes each week. Praised in Parliament on four occassions (see Hansard link)
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Travel Writer
Features at home and abroad. All commissions accepted:- backpacking in Burundi, picking peppers in Peru; golfing in Greece, sailing in the Seychelles. Quality photography accompanies all work. Author and publisher of Hotels on Water.
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Campsites on Water
Author and publisher of Campsites on Water. Dedicated to camping on Britain's waterways. Information on camping sites from the largest park with a motor-boat launch to remote wild camping locations on the lake, beach, river, canal or loch.
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Award winning
A secondary school that had been in special measures for five years - longer than any other in UK. The school faced closure by local authority, but within three months of features publication it was saved. Newspaper Society Campaign Award winner in 2006.
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First with news
Stephen Neale was the first journalist on the scene at Aldgate station during the London bombings on July 7, 2005. His eye witness account was broadcast live on the BBC radio and around the world. This printed feature on one of the Aldgate survivors won several national journalism awards.
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IT, software and the markets
Interviews with industry leaders and innovators.
Whether you want a feature on the authors writing the latest psychometric testing software, or data recovery to drive up returns on struggling financial portfolios. Intelligent copy for commissioning editors who have more than an DPS to fill.
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The stories the rest missed
Ellie May made national headlines (P01 of The Sun) when she took her first steps on artifical limbs. Everyone else missed the bigger story. The NHS had withdrawn her care because the movable limbs had been paid for privately. Thousands more pounds were donated to Ellie after this story was published. NHS manager reversed their decision four weeks later.
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Published interviews with business leaders in 2008-2010
Sean MCWEENEY QC, ex-Att Gnl Bahamas; Hassan TATANAKI, Chair Challenger Ltd; Adam WALKER, Ch Fnce Off PharmaUK, GlaxoSmithKline; Zvi ITSKOVITCH, 1st Exec VP, Bank Leumi; Ben NOTEBOOM, CEO Randstad; Alison MORRIS -Investment Mngmnt Assurance Ldr, PriceWaterhouseCoopers; HenryDERWENT, CEO International Emissions Trading Association; FrankSCHONHERR, founder RP Richter and Partner; GaryTURNER, Marketing Director Microsoft UK; RobertBYRNE, CEO Terra Technology; PietVANDENDRIESSCHE, Head of Tax Deloitte Blgm; AndrewPACKMAN, head of pharma practice UK, PWC; KarinaFURGA, Head Salans' Warsaw Tax


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