Bio

I am an award-winning London-based writer, editor, content creator, and photographer. I tell stories in subjects as diverse as technology, lifestyle, blockchain, human interest, and investigative pieces including dementia, and bare-knuckle fighting. Currently, I split my time between three projects: NEAR studio - a creative agency for the blockchain and crypto space. We provide branding, design, UX/UI, content strategy, social, and more. Zero Knowledge - my weekly newsletter about the crypto industry. The Brink - a website that helps demystify mental health. Prior to this, I lead the NEAR Protocol's content strategy. NEAR is a new type of cryptocurrency that's designed to make building, learning, and creating in crypto as simple as using the web. My role was to help accelerate this strategy through story telling and content marketing. Previously I was the co-founder of Decrypt, a new media platform backed by ConsenSys. We produced simple, easy-to-understand news, features, interviews, and content that all help to accelerate people's understanding and adoption of blockchain. I also work on a freelance basis for a number of companies and publications helping them tell better stories as both a content strategist and content creator. Over the past 15 years, I have written for The Daily Telegraph, Yahoo, TechCrunch, Huffington Post, GQ, Wired, Men's Health and ShortList. I've also occupied senior editorial roles in a number of prestigious online publications. I was previously the Editor-in-Chief of The Next Web - a technology website with more than 10 million page impressions a month. Here I oversaw all editorial on the site, developed relationships with publishers and bloggers, and wrote daily and weekly stories on the day's big tech themes. I grew audience numbers by 30% in nine months, created more efficient workflows, and defined a tone-of-voice that was previously lacking. As a content strategist and content creator, I have worked on campaigns for a number of major brands including Adidas, Diesel, Wikipedia and HSBC. As a photographer I've had my work published in The Daily Mail, The Metro, Huffington Post and more. I have worked with Uber, Nestle and Absolut Vodka brands. Specialties: cryptocurrency, blockchain, journalism, mental health