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Belinda Carter
Editing and (re)writing for print or web, newsletter production using Pagemaker or Acrobat PDF and content creation for websites. Basic html coding (no scripting). Feature writing on a range of general topics and styles.
Can work outside local area: Yes—South Island mainly but services are available globally and at peculiar times thanks to email and differing time zones.
Media Experience
Print; Web
Biographical Note
Specialising in content creation for newsletters (print or PDF) and webpages.Writing
Types and styles—features, profiles, backgrounders, how-tos, opinion pieces
Specialist writing—Apple computers
Other topics—education, travel, New Zealand social history, kiwiana, arts and writing, Christchurch, women
Editing
Rewriting and polishing writing by others
Newsletter creation
Webstuff
Repurposing content for webpages
Simple web design/html hand-coding
Content creation
Background
Reporter, feature writer and subeditor on publications such as the Taieri Herald in Mosgiel, the Ashburton Guardian, Euromoney Publications (UK). Have also edited publications for university students (Critic, Otago) and newsletters for organizations such as United Nations Association and Apple User Group (Applebyte) Currently teaching (English and computers) and writing for MacGuide magazine, New Zealand’s only commercially-produced Apple magazine.
Published Writings
Recent articles and publications:Books
Kids in Christchurch, 1995 [a guide to things for children to do in Christchurch]
News writing
Fear stemming the flood? Safeguard Update, 9 February 2004 [ACC and post- traumatic stress disorder at work]. Other fortnightly news stories on asbestos, work-life balance and students attacking teachers
Edgeware Village attracts businesses, STANN issue 113, March 2004
Features
Huggable Software, Macguide 7, Jan-Feb 2003 [ Tim Tripp, creator of Bears software]
Never too old to learn, Macguide 8, March-April 2003 [first Mac-only seniornet]
Apples and Cookies, Macguide 9, May-June 2003 [Cookie Time]
Forward to the Mac, Macguide 10, July-August 2003 [pc users who have switched to Apple]
Kids Congress, Macguide 10, July-August 2003
Macs mean business, Macguide 11, Sept-Oct 2003 [businesses using Apple computers]
Creating software for people, Macguide 13, Jan-Feb 2004 [Filemaker developers: Digital Fusion]
Winging It, Tone, February-March 2004 [Flight simulator for hobbyists and trainers in Christchurch]
St Albans hosts bird archive, STANN 113 -St Albans Neighbourhood News, March 2004 [Les McPherson’s birdsong archive]
Off the Farm, Real Estate (magazine for Real Estate Institute of New Zealand), May 2004 [article on top rural salesman]
Reviews & Criticism
Teach yourself Visually OS X, book reviewed on nzmac.com website, January 2003
Contact Details
Belinda Carter, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Ph: 64 3 9423000
Email: b.carter@paradise.net.nz