I was a journalist for more than 38 years before taking redundancy from the Lancashire
Evening Post in June 2009.
During that time I have been a reporter, features writer, sub-editor, chief
sub-editor, production editor, editor and group editor as well as working as a freelance
for such diverse publications as The Aquarist and Pondkeeper and Trials and Motocross
News. I have contributed to magazines in America, Germany and Scandinavia as well
as the UK.
Even before I took redundancy, on my days off I worked part-time as a lecturer in
Newspaper Page Design at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston.
I am now an Associate Lecturer at the university teaching newspaper and magazine
design, using Quark Xpress and Adobe InDesign, to both undergraduate and post-graduate
students.
I have written student guides to the basics of Quark Xpress, Adobe InDesign and Adobe
Photoshop.
Over the years I have also compiled sets of notes on various topics which I now use
a valuable resource for teaching my university students.
