Debritz.net

Brett Debritz

Nationality: Australian and British (EU)
Email: debritz@hotmail.com
Web: www.debritz.net, showbritz.debritz.net
Skype: debritz
Phone: +61 416257 348 (Australian mobile, diverts to UK)



Summary: I am a highly skilled, experienced, passionate and motivated writer, editor, internet content provider/producer, broadcaster and manager who has worked at senior levels in Australia, the United Kingdom and South East Asia. I have a broad range of interests, and have worked in all areas of journalism – general news, sport, features and business. In my special area of interest – arts and entertainment journalism – I have worked as an editor, section editor, commissioning editor, feature writer, critic, columnist and blogger. As well as my personal tongue-in-cheek blog at www.debritz.net, I run the popular Showbritz entertainment website and the Celebrity Deaths Archive. These sites all have a devoted following and attract thousands of hits each week.



Qualifications


University of Queensland
Bachelor of Arts with majors in journalism, English literature and history
Completed: 1980
Miscellaneous post-graduate study in English, politics and economics
1982-83
Tutor, print journalism
1991-93


Australian Film, Television and Radio School
Certificate in radio announcing and presentation
Completed: 2006


Miscellaneous
I hold a certificate in Teeline shorthand, and have successfully completed newspaper design courses with News Limited and the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers Association. I have completed on-the-job training in InDesign, Quark XPress, Cybergraphic, Photoshop and other design and production software packages, and I am comfortable working in both the Mac and Windows operating environments. I am also a competent radio panel operator, thanks to my AFTRS training and a year hosting a program on community radio, and have on-camera experience on television and video blogs.



Personal and professional qualities


+ Insatiable curiosity about the world and its people
+ Passion for news, especially big breaking stories
+ Drive to be first and best
+ Ability to multi-skill across writing, editing, production and commissioning tasks
+ Familiarity with British, Australian and American (AP) newspaper style
+ Eye for detail and a love of the English language
+ Ability to work independently or as part of a team; in the field or in the office
+ Love of gadgets that extends to modern news-gathering and production technology
+ Affable, easy-going and adaptable to different circumstances and ways of working
+ Genuine enthusiasm for, and endless optimism about, the profession of journalism



Interests


+ Travel
+ Performing arts and showbiz
+ Popular culture
+ Internet and personal technology
+ Politics and history



Work history and referees


Available on request.