Simon Crisp - Freelance Journalist

Journalism

Simon Crisp — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:38:08 +0000

I have strong news and feature writing experience, having spent ten years contributing to a wide range of publications from the Financial Times to Take A Break — via The Sun and the Daily Mail.

My writing style can be tailored to suit any publication, whether a tabloid national newspaper, a B2B magazine or lifestyle magazine and I’m equally happy writing a column or straight news.

I’m currently undertaking new commissions so if you’d like me to write for your publication, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Asylum

Simon Crisp — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:14:11 +0000

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Gizmodo

Simon Crisp — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:13:09 +0000

Daftas

Simon Crisp — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:11:51 +0000

PR Writing

Simon Crisp — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:27:10 +0000

While working as a journalist and news editor I’ve seen thousands of press releases all vying for media attention. As such, I know what it is which sees some end up as page leads… and why others are destined for the newsroom bin.

Using this knowledge and experience I work with clients to help them gain media coverage by identifying and developing potential news stories before writing press releases to grab the attention of journalists.

Some of the organisations I’ve worked with have been astounded at the level of national and even international attention the stories we’ve produced have gained in traditional and online media.

I currently offer substantial discounts available to charities, community organisations and small independent businesses.

Copy Writing

Simon Crisp — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:26:06 +0000

Communicating your message effectively with your audience is key. That’s why I work with organisations to create great content for websites, brochures, email newsletters and blogs.

Drawing on my journalistic experience I write in a style tailored to the job — whether that means keeping to a corporate style-guide, appealing a certain audience or ensuring web copy is search engine optimised.

I can also work with organisations to summarise or rewrite jargon-filled corporate documents in to plain English and make them more accessible to the average reader.

Currently I’m offering substantial discounts to charities, community organisations and small independent businesses.

Corporate Blogging

Simon Crisp — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:25:37 +0000

Photography

Simon Crisp — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:25:22 +0000

I frequently produce impact-grabbing images to illustrate my articles and corporate copy and am currently undertaking commissions in the Birmingham area.

My photographs have been used in numerous corporate communications materials and in newspapers ranging from the Mirror to the Guardian and on the front page of Aol.co.uk

See some examples of my work

Newslite

Simon Crisp — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:22:36 +0000

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Publish button-happy at The Daily Telegraph?

Simon Crisp — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:19:58 +0000

Either the Telewag have come up with an interesting way of using a picture based story without the image rights, or someone hit publish when they weren’t meant to.

Update – the article was later deleted.