Biography

Jenny is a 25-year-old journalist with a specialist interest in lifestyle journalism, technology and the female experience.

Currently features editor for Food magazine, Jenny started out as a news correspondent for Computer Weekly writing about business IT and consumer technology.

Working for Food magazine involves feature writing, planning, commissioning and editing as well as overseeing the quality and production of the magazine - in print and online.

After gaining a BA (Hons) in English literature in 2008, Jenny trained at Cardiff University's School of Journalism, completing a postgraduate diploma in magazine journalism studies mid-2009. Throughout this time, she gained a NCTJ Teeline Shorthand 100wpm qualification as well as learning about magazine production and craft (and the buzz of working towards strict print deadlines), interviewing skills, news and features writing, podcasts, blogging, video editing and hearing from key industry figures.

Freelance work includes Cotswold Life, South Wales Echo, Western Mail and Buzz magazine, Dork Adore, Tasty Fanzine, RunninginHeels.co.uk, LatestGadgets.co.uk, as well as The Observer and The Guardian Guide.

Jenny is also the editor and founder of Witch Tech, a blog aimed at the online community of female techies and gamers. This blog was shortlisted for a Cosmopolitan Blog Award in 2010 and 2011.

In her spare time, Jenny is a singer-songwriter, keen crafter (particularly knitting) and beginner gardener.