Profile of Vivienne Crow

Name:

Vivienne Crow

Professional title

Freelance journalist

Address

8 Northwood Crescent
Carlisle
Cumbria CA3 9BP

Telephone (day)

+44 (0)1228 527193

Telephone (evening)

+44 (0)1228 527193

Fax:

Mobile

+44 (0)7779 772153

E-mail

viviennecrow@hotmail.com

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Biography

I am a freelance journalist specialising in travel and outdoor writing for newspapers, magazines, books and tourism/conservation organisations. I have been a full-time journalist since 1990. Having started my career as a reporter on local newspapers, I moved on to edit a business-to-business magazine and then went back into regional newspapers as a sub-editor on busy evening titles. I abandoned the constraints of a desk job to go travelling in Asia and New Zealand in 2001, and, on my return, I decided to focus my energies on the activities I love most – hill-walking, writing, travelling and photography. I have been freelance ever since.

Main professional activities

I am a regular contributor to Lakeland Walker magazine and TGO. I also write a weekly walking column for three newspapers in north Cumbria and a monthly outdoor advice column for an evening title. I contribute regular travel features and restaurant reviews as well as occasional road tests for The Cumberland News and the News & Star. I have also had travel and outdoor features published in The Sydney Morning Herald, Scanorama (SAS’s inflight magazine), The Scotsman and several other publications.

I was editor/compiler of TripAdvisor’s Summer Travel Guides (2006) for the Amalfi Coast, Cote D’Azur, London, Sydney, Hong Kong and Paris.

I do a lot of work for conservation and tourism bodies, researching and writing walks leaflets and interpretation panels. My clients in this area have included Scottish Natural Heritage, North Pennines AONB, Eden Rivers Trust and East Cumbria Countryside Project.

I continue to maintain my skills on the production side of journalism by designing and sub-editing a monthly farming title in Cumbria.

Memberships

Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild

National Union of Journalists

Awards

Most recent publications

Major contributor to Crimson Publishing's The Best of Britain: The Lake District (2008)

Easy Rambles Around Keswick and Borrowdale (Questa Publishing, 2008)

Easy Rambles Around Grasmere and Borrowdale (Questa Publishing, 2008)

Walk! The Lake District North (Discovery Walking Guides, January 2006)

Other important publications

Areas of particular interest or expertise

Walking, especially northern England and Scotland; countryside issues, including farming, conservation and access; sea-kayaking; general travel. My three great geographical passions are the Lake District, Scotland and India.

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