My professional endeavours as an arts journalist began when I started writing for the Milton Keynes Citizen’s ‘GO’ leisure and entertainment supplement.
I launched my editorial career in print journalism, as a contributing reporter for the Milton Keynes Citizen newspaper and its affiliated publications.
The Milton Keynes Citizen GO leisure and entertainment supplement was published weekly. It consisted of three sections – What’s On, Music, and Theatre – and I worked on these as a GO writer.
Notably, I previewed and reviewed dance and theatre productions. I was also responsible for pantomime coverage on multiple occasions.
I regularly deputised for the Leisure Editor. Deputising involved compiling the full supplement (sourcing stories and pictures, writing copy, and editing pages).
Georgina has been working for me since 2010 – first as an occasional contributor to the GO leisure supplement of the Milton Keynes Citizen newspaper. It quickly became clear that her knowledge, eagerness and ability to turn around accurate, clean copy should be utilised.
She soon began writing across all the leisure pages, and consistently proved to be an asset. She has stepped in to research and write the entire section in my absence, meeting the challenge with her typically positive style.
Sammy Jones
Leisure Editor, Milton Keynes Citizen (2001–2018)
Editor, Total MK (www.totalkmk.co.uk)
Examples of leisure and entertainment writing:
MK Citizen GO 2nd September 2010
MK Citizen GO 9th September 2010
MK Citizen GO 22nd September 2011
MK Citizen GO 29th September 2011
MK Citizen GO 5th January 2012
MK Citizen GO 6th September 2012
MK Citizen GO 13th September 2012
MK Citizen GO 20th September 2012
MK Citizen GO 4th October 2012
MK Citizen GO 11th October 2012
MK Citizen GO 1st November 2012
MK Citizen GO 15th November 2012
MK Citizen GO 22nd November 2012
MK Citizen GO 29th November 2012
MK Citizen GO 13th December 2012
MK Citizen GO 17th January 2013
MK Citizen GO 7th February 2013
MK Citizen GO 14th February 2013
MK Citizen GO 21st February 2013
MK Citizen GO 29th August 2013
MK Citizen GO 12th September 2013
MK Citizen GO 19th September 2013 What’s On
MK Citizen GO 19th September 2013 City Nights
MK Citizen GO 19th September 2013 Theatre
MK Citizen GO 10th October 2013
MK Citizen GO 17th October 2013
MK Citizen GO 31st October 2013
MK Citizen Review of Panto 2013
MK Citizen GO 12th December 2013
MK Citizen GO 30th January 2014
MK Citizen GO 20th February 2014
MK Citizen GO 27th February 2014
MK Citizen GO 6th November 2014
MK Citizen GO 12th February 2015
MK Citizen GO 15th October 2015
MK Citizen GO 19th November 2015
MK Citizen GO 21st January 2016
MK Citizen GO 20th October 2016
MK Citizen GO 17th November 2016
MK Citizen GO 9th February 2017
MK Citizen GO 12th October 2017
MK Citizen GO 9th November 2017
MK Citizen GO 11th January 2018
MK Citizen GO 8th February 2018
MK Citizen GO 18th October 2018
