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Work Experience: SuperSport – September 2022-Present: • Ongoing Freelance Work for South African sports broadcaster SuperSport. • Wide ranging experience writing on the whistle match reports on rugby union (United Rugby Championship) and cricket (CSA One Day Cup & Australia vs South Africa Test Series). • Ali Ward (theoffice@mwp.co.za) can give reference of my reliability and high standard of work. The Cricketer – April-May 2022: • Month-long placement in The Cricketer’s newsroom, writing breaking news stories, previews and match reports for their website. • Proof of ability to use SEO and online-specific writing techniques. WorldinSport.com – October 2021-April 2022: • Currently writing sports news content for website worldinsport.com. • Provided practical experience in online journalism and tailoring writing to SEO techniques and online engagement. SpareHand.org – May-September 2020: • Free work for the Covid-19 charity SpareHand, helping organise Food Banks and PPE materials for the NHS. • Worked on Live Operations and Partnerships using SpareHand’s sophisticated technology to help those in need. • Learnt many transferable skills that I am confident can be put to use in a job in journalism, such as how to sell a service to consumers, having the correct phone manner when talking to people in a formal and informal manner, and increasing engagement on social media to promote the charity. • George Kilaiditis (kilaiditis@gmail.com) was my supervisor during my time at SpareHand. Wisden.com – 2nd-14th June 2019: • Experience working for a sports website, having interned for wisden.com for two weeks during the 2019 ICC World Cup. • Responsible for maintaining the website, writing cricket news articles. • Lead social media coverage of the event, working with sponsors’ content. • Rich Evans, the Digital Director can give a reference for my overall standard of work (rich.evans@wisden.com). Other: • Bylines in SunderlandEcho.com, hackneypost.co.uk, wisden.com, worldinsport.com, thetab.com, and exepose.com, as well as my own newsletter: https://rhodrinewsletter.substack.com/ • Articles for the Exeter University student newspaper, The Exposé, on cricket and other sports notably football and rugby union. • Also written for student online news website, The Tab, covering the initial lockdown in March 2020. Picked up experience in interviewing techniques, transcription of interviews, and sourcing original news stories. Qualifications: • City, University of London 2021-2022 o 2022: MA in Newspaper Journalism • University of Exeter 2018-2021 o 2021: BA in History, Class II Division I • Hampton School 2011-2018 o 2018: 3 A levels. History (A), Maths (A), Economics (B) Journalism Experience in Education Masters in Newspaper Journalism at City, University of London – September 2021-June 2022: • As a part of this course, I have worked in all parts of newspaper journalism writing and production. • These include: o Sourcing and researching unique local stories (specifically in Hackney, London). o Interviewing people for stories. o Writing copy to a high standard. o Sub-editing and editing peers’ work. o Producing a newspaper to a deadline. o Uploading stories to the internet and taking steps to enhance their profile through social media. • Skilled in working with InDesign, WordPress, Adobe Premiere Rush, and Photoshop. • Also undergone UK Media Law training, as well as a journalism ethics course. Batchelor’s of Arts in History at University of Exeter – September 2018-June 2021: • Graduated from the University of Exeter with a 2.1. • Gained experience in writing in a clear, concise manner, and particularly in producing high-quality work to a tight deadline.

Content

Total articles 15

• Available on paid plans

  Top 10 Cricket World Cup Wicket Takers In History

  By Rhodri Evans

  Oct. 02, 2023

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  A Rumination on Manchester United

  By Rhodri Evans

  Nov. 07, 2022

• Available on paid plans

  Hackney Council announces additional funding for SEND education

  By Rhodri Evans

  Mar. 22, 2022

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