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Richard Moore

Richard MooreEditor, photojournalist, author, web-publisher, copy-editor

 

2020:

* New York-based freelance photographer and journalist.

* Photo essays on Food Banks and Homelessness in New York (in progress)

2019:

* Editor of the Cook Islands News, the national daily newspaper of the Cook Islands.
Work involved re-writing copy, fact checking, laying out pages, training staff, maintaining contacts with politicians and business community, staying within budget and meeting deadlines.

* Accredited journalist covering the Asian Development Bank annual meeting in Fiji.
Key coverage included breakdowns of multi-billion dollar budgets affecting the 69 member states.

* Coverage of White Island volcano tragedy in New Zealand.


* Published novel The Vein Openers.

2018:

* Deputy Editor and chief photographer on the Cook Islands News, Rarotonga.
Copy-editing, re-writing articles, page layouts, news photography.

* Travel writer for NZME newspapers (2014 to 2020).

2017:

* Freelance photographer and journalist.

* Deputy Editor and chief photographer on the Cook Islands News, Rarotonga.
Copy-editing, re-writing articles, page layouts, news photography.

2016:

* Winner of Travel Communicator's best photograph taken outside New Zealand.

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Stories and photos of Cyclone Winston in Fiji. Photos of Cyclone Winston destruction.

* Stories and photos on the unique Wogasia Spear Festival in the Solomon Islands.

* Deputy Editor and chief photographer on the Cook Islands News, Rarotonga.

2015:

* Coverage of 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo celebrations in Belgium.

* Creation of new Solomon Islands travel website.

2014:

* Photo essay on a year at Surf Lifesaving Club. Click for Papamoa Surf-Lifesaving Club images.

* Senior sub-editor at PageMastersNZ editing daily regional newspapers around New Zealand (2008 to 2015).

* Columnist on Bay of Plenty Times commenting on issues of the week (2005 to 2016).

* Owner/editor of Tikitouring.co.nz, an online travel magazine attracting 60,000 visitors a month.

* Owner/editor of The Napoleonic Guide, a 4000-page online encyclopaedia of the Napoleonic Wars that has 150,000 visitors a month.

2013:

* Creation of Victoria, Australia travel website.

2012:

* Continuing photo essay on effects of Rena Oil Spill Disaster.

* Audio-visual presentations of Rena disaster to community groups around Tauranga.

2008-2011:

* Photo essay on the Rena Oil Spill Disaster.

* Created Cook Islands travel website.

2004-2008:

* APN Headline Writer of Year 2007.

* Qantas Awards headline finalist 2006.

* Finance writer for international bank websites.

* Internet content provider for Australia's search portal Web Wombat.

1999-2004:

* Content manager and editor of Web Wombat search portal (www.webwombat.com.au).

* Creation of The Napoleonic Guide and TikiTouring.co.nz.

1990-1998:

* Layout sub-editor on the Melbourne Age newspaper, including production editor of IT computer sections and Page One sub-editor.

* Created GameBlitz computer-game review website.

1988-1990:

* Sub-editor for British Broadcasting Corporation's World Service, London, England.

* Sub-editor for The Daily Telegraph, London.

* Photo essay in Berlin on fall of the Berlin Wall.

* Photo essay on The Troubles in Belfast.