Annette Lin
At A Glance
| Job Title | Student |
| Industry | Writing, Design & Creative, Fashion, Publishing, Printing |
| Profession | Journalist |
| Expertise | |
| Level | Junior |
| Availability | Looking for Work |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Will relocate | Yes |
| Residency / Visa | Australia / New Zealand |
My Loop
About Me
I’m a freelance writer from Sydney, whose interests include fashion, food, lifestyle, news and current affairs. I study journalism/international studies at UTS. I have written for publications including Oyster, the Sydney Morning Herald, AAP, Reportage, City News and Cleo.
Education
| 2007-now |
University of Technology, Sydney BA in Communication (Journalism) and International Studies (Mexico) |
Employment History
| 2011 |
Sections intern Sydney Morning Herald Interviewed and reported for Style pages, Good Living, Drive and My Career. |
| 2011 |
Writer Cook My Way Interviewed and wrote articles in a style and length appropriate for web. |
| 2011 |
Intern Vogue writing articles, headlines and introductions for online, focusing on search engine optimisation; sub-editing articles submitted for online; updating databases. |
| 2009 |
Editor of three things magazine Oxfam Australia Conceptualisation, focus and design of both the three things website and magazine; commissioning and sub-editing articles for online and print; co-operating with art director and web designer for print and online versions; writing articles for both online and print; designing promotional material. |
| 2009 |
Intern Oyster magazine Sub-editing and proof-reading articles; sourcing images and researching story topics for print; writing news stories for online. |
| 2009 |
Intern Australian Associated Press (AAP) Assisting on court reporting; writing general stories on topics such as education and crime; assisting with photography and videography at press conferences. |
| 2009 |
Work experience Liverpool Champion/South Western Rural Advertiser Writing community news and feature stories; liaising with photographer for images to accompany the stories. |
| 2009 |
Online intern Cleo Use of CMS to update website regularly; research for interviews and feature stories; construction of online photo galleries; transcribing interviews; and caption writing. |
| 2008 |
Work experience Sunday magazine Writing reviews; transcribing interviews; and research. |
| 2011 |
Freelance writer Vogue.com.au Writing articles for vogue.com.au with a focus on SEO and internet readability |
Software
Off the record...
| Listening to: | Adele, Sneaky Sound System, |
| Watching: | 30 Rock |
| Reading: | 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Et Cetera by Sibella Court, US Elle magazine, UK Elle magazine, Acne paper, *Wallpaper |
| Doing: | a lot of baking! |
