Editorial: Arts

 

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).

 

Illustration of a newspaper and press tickets, on a purple background. The front page of the newspaper features a silhouette of a ballerina dancing on a stage and the theatre masks symbol. Illustration by Gaia Leandri.

 


 

 

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.totalmk.co.uk)

 


 

 

Examples of content contributed:

 

 

MK Citizen GO 2 September 2010

MK Citizen GO 9 September 2010

MK Citizen GO 2 June 2011

MK Citizen GO 22 September 2011

MK Citizen GO 29 September 2011

MK Citizen GO 5 January 2012

MK Citizen GO 22 March 2012

MK Citizen GO 7 June 2012

MK Citizen GO 6 September 2012

MK Citizen GO 13 September 2012

MK Citizen GO 20 September 2012

MK Citizen GO 4 October 2012

MK Citizen GO 11 October 2012

MK Citizen GO 1 November 2012

MK Citizen GO 15 November 2012

MK Citizen GO 22 November 2012

MK Citizen GO 29 November 2012

MK Citizen GO 13 December 2012

MK Citizen GO 17 January 2013

MK Citizen GO 7 February 2013

MK Citizen GO 14 February 2013

MK Citizen GO 21 February 2013

MK Citizen GO 7 March 2013

MK Citizen GO 14 March 2013

MK Citizen GO 18 April 2013

MK Citizen GO 25 April 2013

MK Citizen GO 2 May 2013

MK Citizen GO 9 May 2013

MK Citizen GO 16 May 2013

MK Citizen GO 23 May 2013

MK Citizen GO 30 May 2013

MK Citizen GO 6 June 2013

MK Citizen GO 20 June 2013

MK Citizen GO 4 July 2013

MK Citizen GO 11 July 2013

MK Citizen GO 18 July 2013

MK Citizen GO 25 July 2013

MK Citizen GO 1 August 2013

MK Citizen GO 8 August 2013

MK Citizen GO 29 August 2013

MK Citizen GO 12 September 2013

MK Citizen GO 19 September 2013 What’s On

MK Citizen GO 19 September 2013 City Nights

MK Citizen GO 19 September 2013 Theatre

MK Citizen GO 10 October 2013

MK Citizen GO 17 October 2013

MK Citizen GO 31 October 2013

MK Citizen 14 November 2013

MK Citizen Review of Panto 2013

MK Citizen GO 12 December 2013 

MK Citizen GO 30 January 2014

MK Citizen GO 20 February 2014

MK Citizen GO 27 February 2014

MK Citizen GO 10 April 2014

MK Citizen GO 17 April 2014

MK Citizen GO 24 April 2014

MK Citizen GO 1 May 2014 

MK Citizen GO 8 May 2014

MK Citizen GO 15 May 2014

MK Citizen GO 10 July 2014

MK Citizen GO 6 November 2014

MK Citizen GO 12 February 2015

MK Citizen GO 9 April 2015

MK Citizen GO 23 April 2015

MK Citizen GO 15 October 2015

MK Citizen GO 19 November 2015

MK Citizen GO 21 January 2016

MK Citizen GO 21 April 2016

MK Citizen GO 16 June 2016

MK Citizen GO 20 October 2016

MK Citizen GO 17 November 2016

MK Citizen GO 9 February 2017

MK Citizen GO 13 April 2017

MK Citizen GO 15 June 2017

MK Citizen GO 12 October 2017

MK Citizen GO 9 November 2017

MK Citizen GO 11 January 2018

MK Citizen GO 8 February 2018

MK Citizen GO 12 April 2018

MK Citizen GO 18 October 2018