About me

I have recently completed  a Postgraduate Diploma in Magazine Journalism at the University of Cardiff.

I have written for BBC Lonely Planet, Loaded, Men’s Health, Triathlon Plus, Best, Cardiff Life and the South Wales Echo and also have experience at BBC Good Food and Observer Woman.

• NCTJ shorthand 100wpm
• Trained in Media Law and Public Administration
• Trained in Indesign and Photoshop
• Able to work across multiple platforms: experience of shooting and editing film (primarily for web), writing for online,  feature writing, making and editing audio stories and using CMS
• Technology literate – I’m not afraid to try out new Web 2.0 tools  such as Dipity, Vuvox or Twitter
• Proficient tea-maker

You can contact me at evacaiden@hotmail.com. In response to the questions regarding my blog header – you’re obviously not T-liners!

Question – Who are life’s greatest optimists?
Answer – Journalists with mortgages.