Kate Heathman

Kate graduated with a 2:1 in Economic History from the
University of Liverpool before taking a Postgraduate Diploma
in Newspaper Journalism at City University, London.

She became a newspaper reporter and district news editor for
what was then United Newspapers before moving into
newspaper production at the Liverpool Daily Post, where she
was a sub-editor and columnist.

She began teaching in 1997 and now combines lecturing with
a career as a freelance journalist. She is also one of the
Editorial Directors of this website.

Kate has freelanced for a number of magazines and
newspapers, including the Daily Mail, and is a media consultant and media trainer, advising a variety of organisations in the private and public sector. She is the NCTJ co-ordinator at JMU and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Email: K.Heathman@ljmu.ac.uk