Tate Kids Content Review

On the side, I am currently a Freelance Project Manager for the Tate Kids website content review.

  • Hired two Freelance Editors to review and sense check the Tate Kids website for diversity, inclusivity, and representation

  • Hired one Freelance writer to undertake rewriting and adding new written content for the Tate Kids website

To be expanded once the project is complete.

The Bigger Picture Speaker Series

Over the Summer of 2021, myself and Gabrielle (MA Journalism student) put together a speaker series for UAL students called ‘The Bigger Picture’. Our aim for the speaker series at LCC was to find individuals that are creating unique spaces and facilitating different perspectives in the journalism and publishing industries. We invited each speaker to talk for 30-40 minutes (whether that was us chatting in an interview style session or preparing a PowerPoint), followed by a live Q&A session with the students.

Through the use of social media platforms (Instagram & Twitter), LinkedIn and company websites, I was able to find the Creative Director of Moon Lane Group, the Founder of Cocoa Magazine, an award-winning debut writer and the Founder of Imagine Me Stories. Being part of making this speaker series happen was such an incredible experience, I thoroughly enjoyed finding diverse speakers that I would personally want to hear from as a Publishing student. I have personally grown in my communication skills with reaching out and connecting with these speakers, as well as hosting the speaker series virtually over a six-week period.

Our speaker list was as followed:

11 May – Jacob Barnes, the Editor-in-Chief at Soft Punk Magazine. Soft Punk describe themselves as an arts and culture magazine pushing against the idea of high or low brow and was recently Stack Magazine’s magazine of the month.

18 May – Nicci Rosengarten, the Creative Director of Moon Lane Group and Manager of the Moon Lane children’s bookshop in Kent; a bookshop dedicated to raising equality in children’s books; equality of access, representation and roles in the publishing industry.

25 May – Serlina Boyd founder of Cocoa Publishing and Cocoa Magazine; the UK’s first Black children’s magazine that was brought to life during the first Covid-19 lockdown.

01 June – Ella King, an award-winning writer who has her debut novel ‘Bad Fruit’ being published by Harper Fiction in July 2022; all while being a full-time lawyer.

08 June – Keisha Ehigie, founder of Imagine Me Stories, a monthly subscription box which supplies black children’s books and activities to help black children see their realities reflected in books.

15 June – Bex Wade, a portrait and social documentary photographer, who has worked with clients such as the BBC, Brooklyn Magazine and The New York Times.

Here is the link to the article written by Chloe Murphy at LCC: ‘Media School students curate Summer Speaker series: The Bigger Picture’

by leah - A Film Photography Book

Personal project.

‘by leah’ was created using my concept from an MA Publishing unit I completed in my first term (read ‘India, Told Through Colour’ below). I loved the idea of producing the Concertina book, but instead of photographs taken from Unsplash, I wanted to used my own film photography.

Meeting with Tony, a print technician at LCC’s Print Workshop space, I decided to go with the following print specifications:

  • Offset Litho printing in black and white

  • 24 photographs, sized 170 x 120 mm, printed double-sided

  • Off White paper, 150gsm, for the inside paper

  • Scrap cardboard, 180gsm, for the front and back cover

The printed photographs were printing 4x4 and cut into four strips leaving 1cm at the end to allow for sticking together with double-sided tape. For the book cover, I decided to use scrap cardboard found in the Print Workshop (yellow and mint), cut them into 170 x 120 mm pieces and stick them to the front page and the back page with double-sided tape. I wanted to allow the readers to fully unfold the book into one strip of paper for maximum viewing potential.

Stitch. Magazine

UAL MA Publishing group project.

‘Stitch.’ is a fashion and culture magazine aimed at exploring the next generation of fashion through design and culture. It was born out of a desire to celebrate a renaissance of creative spirit over mass market appeal in the fashion industry and to provide a platform for the voices of up-and-coming designers, writers, creators and overall changemakers to be heard. The magazine includes profiles on young fashion designers and thought-provoking articles on the ever-changing and evolving environment of fashion.

My role in Stitch. was the project manager, writer and proofreader. The two articles I wrote are titled, ‘Fashion Trends I’m Loving’ and ‘What’s Happening In Fashion Right Now’, as well as a Q&A with fashion designer Grace Greenstreet.

If you would like to view the pdf of the magazine: click here