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Content creation and publication

Editor

Publish Australia, 1997
An 84 page bi-monthly publication aimed at the high-end print production and design market, this magazine introduced mixed media "computer-to-plate" technology to the Australian print market. Awarded Silver for content, design and printing in the 14th Australian Annual Print Awards for "magazines with a cover price" it was the first computer magazine ever to win in this category.

Research for feature articles using traditional and Internet resources; collection and editing of news stories; liaison with international contributors and interviews with industry spokespeople, managing budgets, editorial outlines; assisting with marketing and promotion.

Mac*Chat, 1991 to 1994
A 20-page quarterly publication aimed at Macintosh users, this magazine formed the basis for marketing training and personnel services to the Sydney market by Barbosa Personnel. Mac*Chat contained information about a range of popular Macintosh software packages including FileMaker Pro, QuarkXPress, PageMaker, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and Illustrator.

Produced 12 issues. Concept, research, interviews, writing and editing of text and image content; page layout and typesetting, cover designs, commissioning of artwork, selection, conversion, creation and placement of photographs, original artwork and illustrations, liaison with prepress and printers.

Digital Publishing, 1991
A colour quarterly magazine inserted into Australian Macworld, featuring articles about desktop publishing software and hardware, traditional typographic production and printing technology.

Concept, colour selection, design and creation of templates, page layout, typesetting and prepress. Sourcing news and feature articles; editing of news stories; liaison with national contributors and industry spokespeople, managing editorial staff and contractors; creating editorial outlines; assisting with marketing and promotion.

Features Editor

Publish Australia, 1996
Responsible for online and Internet news; selection of feature articles; management of scheduling and research organisation; management of assistant editor; conversion of overseas information for Australian market conditions

Today, 1991
A newsletter created daily on the floor of Macworld Expo Asia in Singapore, the templates were preprinted and the content assembled daily against a deadline of 5pm each evening. Concept, colour selection, design and creation of templates, page layout, typesetting and prepress.

Publish Australia
The Australian
internet.au

Consultant Editor, Desktop Publishing

Australian Macworld, 1989 to 1996
Ongoing featured specialist on desktop publishing software and hardware, traditional typographic techniques and printing technology. Product reviews, feature articles about typography, desktop publishing and printing. Later including series of articles about web page and user interface design, over 200 published articles, 20 cover stories and 10 serials

Contributing Editor

The Australian, Computers in High Technology, 1994 to 1996
Product reviews and feature articles about the Internet, graphics software and printing technology. Over 20 published articles and 2 cover stories

internet.au, 1995 to 1996
Product reviews and feature articles about the Internet, graphics software and electronic distribution. Over 10 published articles and 2 cover stories

ASEAN Proprint, 1999
Product reviews of telecommunications systems for the prepress and print industries.

Client articles

Brodeur Worldwide, 1999
Articles about information technology

ICON Recruitment, 1999
Y2K and contractors in The Australian, Recruitment
Job Comment in the Sydney Morning Herald, Recruitment

Books and manuals

Your Penis, A Handbook, 1999
QuarkXPress for Journalists, 1998
Words, Pages and Pictures, 1991
Learning Microsoft Word 5.0, 1991
Learning PageMaker 4.0, 1991
XPress Publishing, 1990
Welcome to the Macintosh, 1989
The Essential Dictionary of Desktop Publishing, 1988