Journalism

I write news, reports and features for regional, national, online and overseas publications, largely in my main areas of expertise – health, food and nutrition. I am especially interested in food allergy, food intolerance, coeliac disease and other gut or digestive disorders, as well as issues concerning food ingredients and labelling, weight loss and obesity, antioxidants, omega oils, functional foods, food and diet trends, and future nutrition.

Besides these subjects, I also write regularly on pregnancy and parenting issues – including infant and childhood nutrition, healthcare and learning – as well as on dermatology and skincare.  

Past and present clients in the UK and Ireland include The Guardian, The Guardian Weekend, The Times Educational Supplement, The Irish Times, Vegetarian Living, Health & Fitness, You Are What You Eat, Allergy Magazine, Women’s Running, Optimum Nutrition, Natural Health, FoodsMatter.com, Lighter Life, Organic Life, Pregnancy Baby & You, Maternity & Infant, Junior, The London Career Guide, NHS Choices and Writing Magazine, among about thirty other publications.

As for overseas publications, I’ve worked for the Telegraph’s Body & Soul (Australia), Business Day (South Africa), and Grocers’ Review, Essentially Food, and the Herald (all New Zealand), among many others.

Here are some examples of work:

My stories are imaginative, topical and thought-provoking, and my writing is driven by a desire to inform and motivate readers to take positive action for their own health. Topics relating to food and health are a constant in the media, with doctors, scientists and nutritionists often in disagreement about what we should and should not be eating and doing to maintain our well-being. This, when combined with contradictory or sensationalised research findings, can baffle or alienate the consumer.

I aim to reassure and draw in the reader – and clarify even complex issues in an informative and entertaining way. In this respect, I place great value on authoritative input: the experts I interview and quote are specialists in their respective fields, who can be relied upon to provide excellent soundbites and comment.

For further information, to see PDFs or scans of published work, or for a detailed CV/résumé of journalism, please contact me.