Alison Rowley

Past

Intern at Closer Magazine (CloserOnline) at Bauer
Intern at Business Traveller
Editorial Assistant at Delightful Media

Comissioned freelance writer at Jive Records
Freelance writer at Noir et Blanc presents the NeBula
Team Member at SUSU.tv
Contributing Writer at The Wessex Scene

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Education

noSWeat Journalism Training
University of Southampton

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Alison Rowley’s Experience

Intern at Closer Magazine (CloserOnline)

Bauer

(Privately Held; Publishing industry)

December 2009 — December 2009 (1 month)

Placement at weekly women’s consumer magazine which involved writing and sourcing by-lined news pieces, online features and building stories on the magazine’s website.
(www.closeronline.co.uk)
Intern

Business Traveller

(Privately Held; Publishing industry)

November 2009 — November 2009 (1 month)

Placement at monthly consumer travel and b2b magazines which involved writing news pieces and features for the magazines' and websites, conducting research, sub editing the editor's copy before it was placed online and coming up with design/layout ideas for magazine double page spreads.

(www.businesstraveller.com and www.buyingbusinesstravel.com)
Editorial Assistant

Delightful Media

(Publishing industry)

July 2009 — October 2009 (4 months)

Internship consisting of writing, assisting in the production of articles, building company profile amongst social network sites and blogs and attending workshops/events.

(http://www.greenmystyle.com and http://queensofvintage.com)
Comissioned freelance writer

Jive Records

(Privately Held; Music industry)

July 2009 — July 2009 (1 month)

VIP Guest Blogger, Britney.com

Attended and reviewed 'The Circus Starring Britney Spears' London concerts. Requested by and published on her record label’s official site (alongside personal concert photos).

(http://www.britney.com/us/circus-starring-britney-spears/)
Freelance writer

Noir et Blanc presents the NeBula

(Partnership; Publishing industry)

2008 — 2009 (1 year )

Features writer- covering events, writing questions for and conducting interviews in the Portsmouth and London area.

(www.nebweb.co.uk)
Team Member

SUSU.tv

(Broadcast Media industry)

January 2008 — July 2008 (7 months)

Responsible for filming events, coming up with program ideas and interviewing celebrities and students for the Fresher's Week DVD.
Contributing Writer

The Wessex Scene

(Writing and Editing industry)

January 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 7 months)

Interviewed public figures, covered national news stories, attended events and wrote music and concert reviews.

Alison Rowley’s Education

noSWeat Journalism Training

Magazine Journalism , (News writing, Features writing, Media law, Business of magazines, Sub-editing, Shorthand- Teeline). , 2009 — 2010 (expected)
University of Southampton

First (Hons) , English , 2005 — 2008

An analytical research based degree, involving mainly critical and literary units, but also English language and creative writing elements.

Independently researched dissertation: ‘Consumption and consumerism in the novels of Margaret Atwood’.
Grade: First

Activities and Societies:

Student Newspaper, Ladies Football, S&W Drama Group