Journalism

I specialise in three main areas:

• Technology - covering topics such as biometrics, energy efficiency, voice recognition
• Business – covering topics such as globalisation, skills, outsourcing
• Education – covering topics such as personalisation, learner voice and the use of mobile technologies.

Clients include:

• Financial Times (www.ft.com)
• Economist Intelligence Unit (www.eiu.com)
• The Guardian (ww.guardian.co.uk)
• CIO magazine (www.cio.co.uk)
• Professional Teacher
• Futurelab (www.futurelab.org.uk)

Some recent examples of my journalism work:

Talent strategies for innovation (Economist Intelligence Unit, September, 2009)
Satnav searches for integrated sollution (The Guardian, June 4, 2009)
Staying the course? Technology decision-making in turbulent times (Economist Intelligence Unit, June 2009)
Schools put a brave face on biometrics (The Guardian, March 5, 2009)
Identity revealed in the palm of one hand (Financial Times, November 26, 2008)
How technology sectors grow: Benchmarking IT industry competitiveness 2008 (Economist Intelligence Unit, September 2008)
Gerry Jackson: The radio heroine defying Mugabe's heavies (The Independent, July 21, 2008)

And some entries for The Times's Schoolgate blog:

Should teachers be able to spell and punctuate?
Should cameras be banned on sports day?
Should schools be fingerprinting our children?
Should parents who submit fraudulent school applications be prosecuted?