Keith has worked as a journalist for more than 35 years, mainly as a foreign correspondent for the international Reuters news agency in cities such as Hong Kong, Tokyo, Moscow and Washington. He is now a global consultant to intenational companies, European institutions and charities that teach journalism and good writing in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the United States.

       He still works as a journalist, helping to edit financial publications and as a chief sub editor and journalism trainer at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the Turin Winter Games and the Asian Games in Qatar. He also acts as a text journalism external examiner for a leading UK university.  Keith started his career on the York Evening Press and the Newcastle Journal and then joined Reuters, completing 30 years there in the position of financial editor and head of journalism training.


Handles these courses:


  1. First steps in financial journalism

  2. Writing about companies

  3. Writing about the economy

  4. Tracking the global economy

  5. Advanced equities

  6. Editing business stories

  7. Handling the specialist story

  8. Ethics

  9. All our Markets series of courses

  10. Clarity in written communications

  11. Writing for corporate analysts







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University : Newcastle Upon Tyne

Degree : Economics & Accounting

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