Ben Lee
Digital Reporter @Chemist Druggist
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WORK HISTORY
Digital Reporter @Chemist Druggist
London, GB
Pitch, source, and write news stories and features at speed on UK pharmacy for the 165-year-old publication, including breaking and lead stories to meet deadlines, producing newsletters, and contributed to their highest ever yearly unique page visits in 2024.• Contributed to Chemist+Druggist\'s Community team who won the 2025 PPA Community Engagement Award - I lead on editorial in the Community section.
EDUCATION
University of Bath
Certificate of Higher Education, Politics and International Relations
City St George’s, University of London
Master of Arts - MA, Newspaper Journalism
University of Leeds
Bachelor of Arts - BA (International), International History and Politics
Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry
Histoire
ABOUT BEN LEE
Journalist with experience in health, music, and general news alongside sub-editing at a national paperPPA Award Winner 2025• Digital Reporter for Chemist+Druggist.• Contributed to Chemist+Druggist\'s Community team who won the 2025 PPA Community Engagement Award - I lead on editorial in the Community section. • News bylines in Inside Housing, Hackney Gazette, INMA, and Hackney Post. • Sub-editing experience at The Mirror, and worked at PA Media for the 2024 elections. • Music business bylines in IQ Magazine.• Music consumer bylines in NME, Clash, Far Out, The Line of Best Fit, HHV Mag, We Jazz, Yorkshire Post, Come Play With Me, and Music Is My Sanctuary. • Delivered a print magazine (leading on writing and production) on Leeds jazz music for Jazz Revelations.• Disability bylines in Able Zine and LookDeeper.• Interviewed politicians such as Labour\'s Emily Thornberry. • Skilled in using Adobe InDesign for subediting (page layout, headlines, copy editing), Adobe Premiere for producing video news stories, and presenting for video and radio broadcasts, and Adobe Audition for editing a true crime podcast. • Proficient in using CMS such as WordPress to publish news and boost SEO.• Good understanding of Media Law.
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