Features, news, previews and reviews
Having written and edited material for blue-chip clients for over 11 years I have been a freelance writer and editor since spring 2009, writing previews, features and reviews for publications including Big Issue in the North, Creative Tourist, Manchester Confidential, Go See This, The Manchester Review, InCheshire, Chimp, Manchester Music, Louder Than War and a range of University of Manchester publications. I am a member of the National Union of Journalists and recent examples of my work include:
- Feature: University of Manchester Equity and Merit Scholarships - Unilife, The University of Manchester (p.15)
- Tourism tip: Bourbon bar at Trof NQ - Spotted by Locals
- Feature: Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre - Unilife, The University of Manchester (p.15)
- Tourism tip: Destino's Italian restaurant - Spotted by Locals
- Preview: Manchester Histories Festival - Big Issue in the North
- Feature: Valuing Older People programme - Unilife, The University of Manchester (p.15)
- Tourism tip: Ancoats: the world's first industrial suburb - Spotted by Locals
- Feature: The Legal Advice Centre - Unilife, The University of Manchester (p.12)
- Profile: Professor Colette Fagan - Unilife, The University of Manchester (p.14-15)
- Case studies: Managing in the Round programme brochure - The University of Manchester (p.4-5)
- Tourism tip: Manchester and Salford Illustrated exhibition - Spotted by Locals
- Feature: Working Class Movement Library under threat - Big Issue in the North (print version)
- Art preview: Ford Madox Brown - Manchester Art Gallery - Big Issue in the North
- Profile: Will Spinks, Registrar - Unilife, The University of Manchester (p.14-15)
- Tourism tip: Cafe North - Spotted by Locals
- Music feature: Whatever happened to The Cure? - Louder Than War
- Tourism feature: Seaside destinations from Manchester - Creative Tourist
- Tourism tip: Try Thai restaurant - Spotted by Locals
- Tourism tip: Literature hubs in Manchester - Spotted by Locals
- Tourism tips: 20 recommendations for the launch of Manchester city guide - Spotted by Locals
- Feature: diversifying/re-purposing places of worship (page 1, page 2, page 3) - Big Issue in the North
- Profile: Dr Tim Westlake - Unilife, The University of Manchester (p.14-15)
- Feature: buying furniture and homeware second-hand (page 1, page 2) - Big Issue in the North
- Feature: making beaded jewellery (page 1, page 2) - Big Issue in the North
- Interview: Satirist David Kaiserman - Big Issue in the North
- Theatre preview: The Mill - City of Dreams - Big Issue in the North
- Profile: Professor Alys Young - Unilife, The University of Manchester (p.12-13)
- Concert review: Cat's Eyes, St. Philip's Salford - Louder Than War
- Journal: The Manchester Review - issue 6 - (production management and web editing)
- Corporate magazine: Science for Life - The University of Manchester
- Interview: Novelist Barbara Trapido - Big Issue in the North
- News piece: new Revolution Manchester gallery at Museum of Science and Industry (MOSi) - Big Issue in the North
- Feature: buying 'real' art (page 1, page 2) - Big Issue in the North
- Feature: the story of Manchester Docks/Salford Quays (page 1, page 2) - Big Issue in the North
- Interview: Novelist and journalist Ben Myers - Big Issue in the North
- Feature: Literature festivals in the north (page 1, page 2) - Big Issue in the North
- Feature: Literature events in Greater Manchester - Go See This
- Journal: The Manchester Review - issue 5 - (production management and web editing)
- Feature: Attractions guide to Stockport - Go See This
- Feature: Shopping guide to Manchester - Creative Tourist
- Feature: Adult education activity - Big Issue in the North
- Art preview: Beekeeper, Heaton Park - Creative Tourist
- Concert review: Honeyfeet, Matt and Phred's - ManchesterMusic.co.uk
- Column: Fan Club - My Manics - Chimp
- Feature: Lottery-funded attractions ten years on (page 1, page 2) - Big Issue in the North
- Art preview: Intuition: outsider art at the Whitworth Art Gallery - Creative Tourist
- Art review: Sculpture by Dawn Rowland - The Manchester Review
- Album review: The Cure's Disintegration, Deluxe Edition - The Manchester Review
- Concert review: The Charlatans, Blackpool Empress Ballroom - ManchesterMusic.co.uk
- Concert review: Deerhunter, Club Academy - ManchesterMusic.co.uk
- Profile: Dr Kaye Mitchell - Unilife, The University of Manchester (p10-11)
- Film review: Shed your Tears and Walk Away - The Manchester Review
- Interview: Martin Amis - Your Manchester
- Preview: KinoFilm European Short Film Festival - Big Issue in the North
- Theatre Review: Nineteen Eighty-Four, Royal Exchange Theatre - The Manchester Review
- Event review: Manchester Whisky Festival - Manchester Confidential
- Event review: Party at Tatton Park (Heaven 17, ABC, Human League) - Manchester Confidential
- Film Review: Jerichow, dir. Christian Petzold (Edinburgh International Film Festival) - The Manchester Review
- Film Review: Away We Go, dir. Sam Mendes (international premiere, Edinburgh International Film Festival) - The Manchester Review
- Advertising feature: Sailtime - InCheshire
- Concert Review: Manic Street Preachers, Venue Cymru Llandudno - The Manchester Review
- Film Review: Duplicity, dir. Tony Gilroy - The Manchester Review
- Film Review: Revolutionary Road; dir Sam Mendes - The Manchester Review
“Jo brings us ideas aplenty, from the arts to regeneration to lifestyle. She backs them up with good, clean, intelligent copy – and always on time.”
- Kevin Gopal, Editor, Big Issue in the North.
To discuss your feature-writing or editing needs please contact me on 07776 208302 or jo@jonightingale.co.uk.