Services

My business is words and their most effective use.

Editor

• edit documents for government, businesses and organisations
  
  Examples
  
  ArtsSA. 2010. Artefact. First issue of ArtsSA magazine.
  
  Department for Environment and Heritage. 2007. No species loss: A nature conservation strategy for South Australia 2007–2017. Government of South Australia, Adelaide.
  
  Dickman, C and Woodford Ganf, R. 2007. A fragile balance: The extraordinary story of Australian marsupials. Mallon Publishing, Clifton Hill, Vic. Awarded Royal Zoological Society of NSW Whitley Medal for 2008.
  
  
• rewrite science for popular consumption (e.g. Getting Warmer series for The Islander)
  
  
• manage the editing and document control on large projects
  
  Department of Treasury and Finance. 1998–2002. State Budget Papers 1998–99 to 2001–02. Government of South Australia, Adelaide.
  
  
• advise on website structure and linking; edit content
  
  South Australia Department for Environment and Heritage Science website.
  
  

Writer

• write articles and newsletters
  • Sean McGowan, Walkley Mag, 2009 1.1 MB PDF
  • Pennington Bay, The Islander, Dec 2009 780 kb PDF
  • Fire Trial, The Islander, April 2009 1.2 MB PDF
  • Easter Art Exhibition, The Islander, Dec 2008 1.3 MB PDF
  • Art Part, The Islander, Sept 2008 1.3 MB PDF
  • Traveller Tales, Adelaide Review, Dec 2007 460 kb PDF
  • Cycling Australia Special Report: RIDE 2005 1.2 MB PDF
  • Boys To Men, RIDE, summer 2002 725 kb PDF
  • Robert Bartko, RIDE 2001 700 kb PDF
  
  
  
• research and write fact sheets, university course outlines, executive summaries, multimedia products (e.g. employee induction), posters, brochures, submissions for awards
  
  Environment Protection Authority. 2003. Executive summary. The state of our environment: State of the Environment Report for South Australia 2003. EPA and DEH, Adelaide.
  
  Corporation of the City of Adelaide. 1998. Induction for new employees. [text and voiceover for multimedia product] Winner, Training Category, National Australian Interactive Multimedia Association Awards, 1998.
  
  PPK Environment & Infrastructure. 2002. Program Manager, National Aboriginal Health Strategy Environmental Health Program: Entry for Australian Institute of Project Management, Project Management Achievement Awards 2002. Winner, South Australian Project of the Year.
  
  

Trainer

• run courses in basic writing and editing skills for government departments, universities, organisations
• write and distribute 'Writing tip of the week'

For more examples, download my CV 160kb PDF