Hello

I’m Hazel Davis, a freelance journalist, copywriter and media comms person based somewhere in the beautiful Pennines. I contribute to a number of publications including the Financial Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Times and plenty of the women’s “glossies”, in-flight magazines, the varied and interesting trade press (oh you’d be quite surprised at some of the titles on my CV) and many more. Until it moved to podcast format I was an assistant editor for fabulous game-changing women’s magazine Standard Issue. I co-run Muse Flash Media (training journalists and SMEs in the crafty ways of the media and running writerly events, including a lovely monthly poetry club) with the very brilliant Heidi Scrimgeour. 

It may be fair to say that I will pretty much try my pen at most things. Within reason.

I am also a skilled and experienced copy editor, working regularly for a range of contract publishers and clients, including the British Council, Virgin, Clydesdale Bank, Marie Curie Cancer Care, American Express, Brother, Hewlett Packard and a host of others, large and small, in the public, private and charity sectors.

My passions are travel, comedy and music. ALL OF THE MUSIC. I play violin in a small strings ensemble, parp a trumpet and cornet from time to time. I also sing in a country band, Mustard County, who you should totally book for your wedding.

I am an experienced media mentor and I’m very happy to take on one-to-one media training for organisations and individuals. Please get in touch to find out more.

For sample rates or further examples of my work please do email me. I can be talked into most things for a large flat white.

Illustration by Jo Scales.