They call me Associate Global Editor at Daily Mail Online. They also call me late at night and tell me to be on a plane in the morning.
Recently, I’ve reported on the collapse of Venezuela, the migrant crisis in Greece, Macedonia and Sicily, and the rise of the far-Right across Europe. I covered the terror attacks in Brussels, Paris and Nice, and have reported from the Middle East, Africa, Lain America and the Gulf. I also sometimes edit from the desk in London.
Although my background is as a writer, I often shoot my own pictures and video footage and I’ve presented many radio documentaries (and a little bit of TV) for the BBC.
I’m a regular on Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent (see portfolio), and have presented TV for BBC Breakfast and others (here is my TV showreel).
Before I joined the Mail in 2015, I freelanced at CNN; prior to that, I was at the Telegraph for about three years.
It was there that I wrote my biggest piece of journalism: Meet the Settlers, a smorgasbord of digital wizardry that won the European Newspapers award, was shortlisted for the British Press Award and honoured at the Webbys.
On another note, I’ve written four novels, including the bestselling The English German Girl, which I completed while gaining a PhD in Creative Writing at UEA – where I studied after my first degree at Oxford. I’m also Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth University, and have taught at Oxford and elsewhere. Bon voyage!