Georgia Keighery

Unit 11 / 91 Campbell Street Newtown, NSW, 2042 Australia
Website: http://www.georgiakeighery.com/
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Professional Experience

My affair with writing has been long-running and saucy. In 1998, as a fresh-out and desperate actor, I co-founded Prompt Theatre with Imara Savage in Sydney. I began to write the characters I wanted to perform and I've been writing ever since. My performer passion gave way to my word nerd, and whilst I continued to write plays I halted the acting gig in favour of writing in every possible flavour, in every available minute. In terms of freelance journalism, I've been a columnist for ArtsHub Australia, a travel writer for SheGoes, the copy editor for Spacehacker, and the contributing editor for a newly-released book "The Binge Code". I specialise in arts & culture, travel, lifestyle, health + nutrition, and profile writing. I have 4 plays published through the Australian Script Centre, and I've had 8 scripts professionally produced both here in Australia and in the UK. Whether I'm writing plays, features, or content, my work is always driven by human characters. Because I reckon people are the bes

Expertise

Writer
19 Years
Copywriter
11 Years
Reporter
12 Years

Industries


Magazine - Local/Regional magazines
12 Years
Online/new media
12 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

19 Years

Technical Skills

Photography, basic HTML, basic CSS, WordPress (building and management), Final Cut Pro X (video editing), Motion 5, Photoshop

Unions

Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), International Federation of Journalists, Writers Guild of Great Britain, Australian Writers' Guild

Computer Skills

Microsoft suite, Apple suite (pages, numbers, etc.), Google suite, touch-typing, see "technical skills".

Equipment

Canon 60D & Canon EOS M (digital SLRs), full studio lighting rig, backdrops, reflectors, etc., Rode video mic & boom pole, TasCam DR-05

Work Permits & Visas

Dual citizen: Australia & the United Kingdom

Awards

Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award,

Associations

Freeline Australia, ArtsHub Australia, NSW Writers' Centre, Australian Writers' Centre

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