Mike Starling portfolio
Listed below are the full-time and freelance positions I have held while working as sports journalist and editor in the UK, Australia and the UAE. A full CV can be found on my LinkedIn page.
See the sports media and content services I offer
Journalism (sports/general): full-time
- TheWeek.co.uk: features editor (current position)
- 7DAYS Dubai: assistant editor and sports editor
- The Sunday Times: digital sub-editor for the website and app
- The Queensland Times, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia: chief sub-editor/designer for the daily newspaper
- Trinity Mirror Southern: deputy editor of a portfolio of weekly newspapers
- Bristol Post: sports writer and sub-editor
- Gloucestershire Gazette series / Stroud News & Journal / Wilts and Glos Standard: sports writer and sports editor
Freelance journalism and editor roles
- Spinal Injuries Association, Brisbane: publications editor
- Host City magazine, London: sports business journalist
- Freelance sports and sports business writer for various publications
Product launch experience
- TheWeek.co.uk: website relaunch (December 2020)
- The Sunday Times Online, London: member of the digital launch team when the ST website went behind a paywall
- Maritime & Ports Middle East: launch editor of the B2B magazine at ITP Publishing in Dubai, UAE
- Destinations of the World News, Dubai: launch deputy editor of the tourism trade magazine and website
- Emirates Today, Dubai: deputy sports editor of the daily newspaper
- I have also launched my own websites, blogs and print publications including Sports Tourism Media
Client projects
- Korea Tourism Organization, London office: creation of sports tourism print magazines and marketing publications
- Hidden Dragon, Switzerland: freelance PR and marketing services for the luxury chalet
Videos
A selection of videos I helped to produce and appeared in for 7DAYS newspaper in Dubai, UAE.