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Taking a leaf out of @lottiecgross and @worldlyadventur's marvelously useful Talking Travel Writing newsletter and putting myself out there. Second child just arrived and my wife is on maternity leave - a nail-biting time to be a freelancer. Any opportunities out there... /1
... do let me know! As well as trying to carve a name for myself amongst many talented travel writers, I have successfully turned my hand to current affairs, op-eds, copywriting etc. For more of an idea of what I can do, take a look at my work here: https://davidwalsh.co/my-work/ /2
Here are some of the pieces I've really enjoyed working on, including this wistful piece for @IndyTravel reliving Berlin's painful recent history. /3 https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/berlin-wall-anniversary-death-strip-bike-tour-a9175681.html
It's a cliché but the Outer Hebrides left an indelible impression on me. It was also where I enjoyed my first foray into foraging along the shoreline with a former Masterchef finalist and foraging cookbook author. /4 https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/europe/sea-greens-foraging-for-seaweed-on-the-outer-hebrides-37131417.html
Moving away from travel, I had the immense privilege to interview colourist Marina Amaral about the importance of her work keeping the memory of victims of the Holocaust alive. /5 https://www.euronews.com/2020/01/28/they-are-no-longer-numbers-or-statistics-how-colour-pictures-are-bringing-auschwitz-to-li
As well as editing op-eds, I have also penned my own opinions (including my own experience with depression etc). As a Mancunian reporting in the wake of the Manchester Arena terror attack, this piece was cathartic and difficult to write. https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/david-walsh-love-letter-manchester-1448980 /6
Last piece I'll post in this thread. In an interview with Aleida Guevara March, I got a sense of who her revolutionary father really was and what he would have thought of current events in the US https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/people/aleida-guevara-cuba-trump-103246 /7
There are many more pieces I could post but if any of this has piqued your interest, do get in touch (through my website, on Twitter etc). I would love to hear from you and to chat about your current and future content needs #journorequests #freelancer #ForHire /8
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