I am a freelance business, IT and education reporter, and also run a media training company called McLean Media. I currently write for 3G Wireless Broadband, E-Forex magazine Computer Weekly, Automated Trader, The Guardian Education and educ@ supplements, Times Educational Supplement (TES) Teacher, Communications News, Total Telecom Online and Magazine, among other publications. I am deputy news editor for magazine, Comms Dealer. In the past I have written for The Times Online, Information Age, IT Training, TES Online, Eastern European Wireless Communications, Technology for Finance, Telecommunications International and Real Business.

I also write case studies for individual companies. These include global communications technology provider Alcatel, voice and data company G3 Telecommunications, and clients of various PR agencies such as international marketing firm Rivercalm.

Never a dull moment

I write prolifically on a wide variety of IT and business subjects. These include Internet protocol-based technologies, foreign exchange and automated trading, broadband issues, and the state of the global telecoms market place for publications such as E-Forex, Comms Dealer, Communications News and Total Telecom.

Additionally I have covered subjects such as networking learning resource reviews for IT Training, to developing and writing series’ of articles on creating real time fully integrated businesses, outsourcing and customer relationship management (CRM) for The Times Online.

I regularly write about ICT in education for various supplements in The Guardian newspaper. My repertoire includes educational subjects that are not associated with technology, from historical features on UK parks to the scientific discovery of pigeon navigational ability for TES Teacher.

Life before freelancing

Prior to becoming a freelance reporter, I was senior networks reporter for online IT publication, silicon.com. There I covered daily news in all areas including new protocols, telecoms, Web services, European Union directives, online music, gadgets, and mobile devices. I wrote news analysis features and was involved in producing content for silicon.com’s streaming TV Gadget Showdown and Behind the Headlines. I also read the news for the Executive News Summery.

Before I moved to silicon, I was assistant editor on monthly magazine, IT consultant, where I wrote features and news on technological and social issues that affected its target audience.

Between leaving university and starting work at IT consultant, I travelled around the world. I resided in various countries including South Africa, Indonesia and India and did a variety of media jobs, from producing a drive time radio show in Australia, to presenting an extreme sport travel video in New Zealand.