A communication journalism graduate, with a major in creative writing, I am currently employed as editorial assistant for the AAP Canberra bureau in the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery. I have been published in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian, the Age website, the Daily Telegraph, the Advertiser, the Townsville Bulletin and the Cairns Post. I have done work experience for the Canberra Times, and completed a year-long intership (cadetship) at the University of Canberra newpaper, Monitor, during my final year of study.