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Regular Contributor at Chordblossom, Northern Ireland's leading music site [online] (2019-)

Regular Contributor at Dig With It, a magazine specialising in Irish counterculture with a focus on the North [online and in print] (2020-)

Atlas Obscura Contributor [online] (2020-)
Previous:

Contributor at The Indiependent [online and in print] (2015-2021)
Many of my reviews for The Indiependent, along with a selection of my work for other publications, can also be found on my Medium profile

'Feeling Low at Work' in Conscious Being [online] (2021)

Twitch vs. Endangered Languages - interviewed by Fox Nakai for upcoming documentary project Mixed Feelings [video] (2021)

'Among Us gets an official Irish translation' in The Verge [online] (2021)

'The Twitch streamers fighting to keep minority languages alive' in The Verge [online] (2021)

'Away with the Fairies' in F*EMS zine (now called Gems), Issue 19 [in print] (2021)

'Scrapbooks, Journals and Learning What to Remember' in Sunstroke magazine (Volume 4: Space Oddity) [in print] (2021)

'School of Rrrock!', profile on Girls Rock School NI and Sister Ghost's Shannon O'Neill for Dig With It [in print] and Rock n' Heavy [online] (2021)

'Why Not Her? Meeting Gender Disparity in the Music Industry Front On', feature and interview with Linda Coogan Byrne for Chordblossom [online] (2021)

Review of Joshua Burnside's Into the Depths of Hell and Pillow Queens' In Waiting, as well as writing a personal overview of 2020 in NI music for Dig With It [online and in print in Issue 3]
Joshua Burnside review also curated by Medium for its Music section [online] (2020)

Interview with Irish pop rock artist Amy Montgomery for Chordblossom [online] (2020)

Interview with NI music scene legend Peter J. McCauley for Chordblossom [online] (2020)

'Meet the Women Leading Spain's Indie Music Scene', in The Indiependent and curated by Medium for its Music section [online] (2020)

'A Change is Gonna Come: Northern Ireland Punk-Influenced Bands Rock Against Bigotry', in Hot Press (Vol. 44, Issue 8), commissioned by Third Bar Artist Development [in print] (2020)

'"While injustice persists, we won't shut up". The Fight Is Not Over - Here's Why', in The Thin Air, commissioned by Third Bar Artist Development [online] (2020)

 Member of the judging panel to select Album of the Year at the NI Music Prize 2019

‘Basic human rights are being rejected’: Northern Ireland's anti-DUP protest music’, in the Guardian [online and in print] (2019)

 Former Editor and Contributor at QUB's independent student newspaper The Gown, the longest-running student publication in the UK and Student Publication Association member [online and in print] (2017-2020)

 Attendee of GRSNI & UsFolk: Zine Workshop as part of Belfast’s International Women’s Day celebrations (2019)

‘Where the Women At?’ in F*EMS zine (now called Gems), Issue 12 [in print] (2018)

‘Thrifting in Belfast and Bilbao: My Best Finds’ in Sustainably Ethical blog [online] (2018)

 Attendee of The Thin Air Editor Brian Coney’s six-week ‘Introduction to Music Journalism’ course as part of the Black Box Academy (2018)

 'Dreams' in Sunstroke magazine [in print] (2018)

 'Space Playlist' in issue 2 of BABYmouth zine [in print] (2018)

 Contributor at The Tab [online] (2017)

‘Northern Irish Identity: Where Am I From?’ in Longing for Home zine, curated as part of Manchester International Festival’s Creative 50 [online and in print] (2017)

‘Women Not Witches: Abortion in Ireland’ in Issue Two of Femini magazine [online and in print] (2017)

 Junior Writer with Blasting News UK [online] (2016)

 Interview with DJ Allie Teilz featured in Pop Culture Puke [online] (2016)

 Issues 2 and 3 of Holy Glitter Zine [online] (2015-17)

 Regular Contributor at altmusicbox [online] (2015-16)

 Work experience at Ulster Tatler magazine, including events coverage and social media management (2015)

 Live Music Reviewer and Interviewer for GiggingNI [online] (2015-2019)

 Contributions in feminist zine Dirty Girls [online and in print] (2014-15)

 Old Tat magazine, the Chic Bad Taste Issue (A/W 14) and the Sugar-Coated Issue (S/S 15) [in print] (2014-15)

Personal blog content on this site (formerly bowiebrokemyheart.blogspot.com) from 2014.

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