Freelance journalist

Thanks for visiting my site. I am a professional freelance journalist currently based in Buenos Aires. My latest role has been a six-month project as editor of a new guidebook: Time Out Perfect Places Argentina & Uruguay.

In 2008, I worked my way around South America for a travel column that was published in the paper every Saturday: guardian.co.uk/goinglocal. The idea was to escape the standard gringo trail and meet the locals using travel-networking sites, such as Couchsurfing.com. Since then, I have become a spokesperson for this new mode of travel, speaking at events (TNT Travel Show, London) and on the radio (BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Five Live, Radio New Zealand). It also inspired my blog: goinglocaltravel.com.

I am still a regular contributor to the Guardian newspaper's travel section and Guardian.co.uk/travel. Other work has been published in the Observer (Escape), the Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times Travel Magazine, TNT, Overseas, Time Out, Travel Mail, The Linguist, Matchbox, and International Travel and Tourism News.

Aside from this, I have worked as acting travel editor of Guardian.co.uk and as acting commissioning editor for their food blog, Word of Mouth. I am the former editor of Overseas magazine (an NGO-produced travel and arts magazine) and current travel editor of Matchbox - West London's lifestyle and entertainment magazine (see my client list, left).

My areas of interest include travel, hospitality tourism, local travel, online networking, ethical tourism, world affairs, and languages. I have a particular interest in all things South American, especially Argentina.

I have also subedited for a range of publications. I have had regular subbing shifts on the Daily Telegraph's business desk and on news, travel and politics at Guardian.co.uk.