Steve is a highly experienced freelance writer and journalist.
Starting out as a junior reporter working on a regional newspaper in Britain, Steve rose to chief sub editor and deputised for the editor on a weekly newspaper in Essex with a circulation of more than one million copies a week.
As a reporter and section editor he covered politics, crime and always looked for human interest stories and campaigns.
As a freelancer he produced features for BBC radio in Essex and worked with Thames News (TV). Steve worked as a stringer for numerous national newspapers such as the NoW and Private Eye.
He took a sideways move working as a writer in the corporate communications department of engineering firm Kvaerner. Reporting and photographic assignments took him to Portugal, Hong Kong, China, Norway, Sweden and France.
He was managing editor at a contract publishing firm in Canary Wharf before moving to New Zealand in 2000 to take up a job at the New Zealand Herald in Auckland.
During seven years at the paper – until January 2007 – he worked as chief sub editor on its daily business section, was Travel editor and left the company as editor of its career/employment section.
A keen digital photographer, Steve is equally at home with his camera as he is his computer. His strong interest in photography and video production has led him to produce three documentaries – one of which aired on Sky TV’s arts channel.
