I am an experienced freelance journalist specialising in medicine and health with the odd bit of biosciences thrown in. After staff jobs at The Lancet Oncology, Pulse and BBC News online, I decided to work for myself and never looked back. have worked as a freelance journalist for two decades, winning a few awards along the way. In 2020, I teamed up with my friend and colleague Lily Canter to develop the Freelancing for Journalists book, newsletter, podcast and community, providing resources to help journalists make a success of self-employment
You can find my reporting in the BMJ, Pulse, doctors.net.uk, The Pharmaceutical Journal, various Lancet journals, the Sunday Times, and more. You may also have heard me on Woman’s Hour, the Guardian Science podcast, Times Radio, BBC Radio 5 Live and more. I am vice-chair of the Medical Journalists’ Association and can sometimes be found teaching journalism students.
I am also co-author of the award-winning book, Ultra Women: Stories of Unstoppable Female Power, published by Canbury Press. A runner myself, I can often be found on the hills of Sheffield where I live with my partner and three children. Lily and I have give various talks about the book including at Love Trails Restival, Seed Talks and Sheffield Adventure Film Festival. Podcast interviews include Runner’s World, Run Pod and Tough Girl Podcast.
