Emily Macdonald
Journalist of 15 years. Highly skilled and diverse writer.
After a varied and successful 15 years as a reporter with News Corp Australia, I have recently relocated to Park
Slope, Brooklyn.
A highlight of my career was my five
years as a military reporter. This
involved embedding with the troops in Afghanistan and the Solomon Islands
as well covering military exercises
across Australia and the Pacific -
including in Papua New Guinea.
My general news experience includes covering everything from crime and
court to development and housing,
politics, consumer affairs, breaking
news and hyperlocal issues.
I am also an experienced features
writer having worked for both the
Townsville and Gold Coast Eye
magazines as well as Taste (Australia’s premier food publication).
I am comfortable writing anything from fashion to home decorating and
interiors, food, real estate and news or people-centred features.
As a former chief of staff and occasional acting editor of the Gold Coast and Townsville Eye magazines, I have
experience managing a team. I am also confident proofing copy and doing
page layout using templates.
I am well versed in both the full client of Methode and Swing and I have some
experience in Wordpress – namely in
sending EDMs and updating online
copy.
My second to last role was as a digital-first journalist at NewsLocal.
NewsLocal reporters are required to
take control of the entire lifecycle of a
story from generating the idea through to writing, taking photos and shooting video, web readying the copy,
publishing it online and pushing it out
on social media.
I have SEO and social media training
and am a user of Canva and Emplifi.
My most recent role involved covering
the 2022 Australian federal election in
the key seats of Sydney’s north and
eastern suburbs for both the local
publications - the Wentworth Courier,
North Shore Times and Mosman Daily - as well as for Australia’s second
highest circulation newspaper, The
Daily Telegraph.