I am a journalist, writer, translator and media academic based in Edinburgh and currently working as Lecturer in Digital Media and Communication at Queen Margaret University.  Having worked in England, Scotland, Berlin, Stockholm, Denmark and the US,my diverse journalistic and communications work broadly covers Europe and the environment, with a particular emphasis on Northern Europe and…

There’s few Christmas presents quite as unwanted as delayed invoices, but that is the reality for a lot of people trying to make a living from journalism, and it seems to worsen year on year. It has been fairly widely documented that freelancing as part of a flexible labour force has severe impacts on your…