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:
Just the right fit (The Guardian, November 18, 2009)
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?