Writer, editor, publisher. Currently owner at Friday Street Ltd
New Zealand
- Current
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- Owner at Friday Street Ltd
- Past
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- Associate Publisher at Fairfax Business Media
- freelance at The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
- Editor, Reseller News at IDG Communications
- Freelance Feature Writer at Australian Financial Review and Sydney Morning Herald
- Partner at Electra pty ltd
- Editor at Ozemail
- Editor at ACP
- Freelance Journalist at National Business Review
- Editor at Ariel Publications
- Section Editor at Wellington Newspapers
- Computer Page editor at The Dominion Post
- Editor at IPC Electrical-Electronic Press
- Education
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- The University of Manchester
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Bill Bennett’s Summary
Bill Bennett has thirty years experience as a journalist, editor and publisher. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand.
Until recently Bennett was the publisher of Reseller News, a lively trade newspaper for the computer industry. Bennett also runs a small editorial bureau specialising in technology and business communications for industry and has a number of international clients including the Australian ITJourno web site.
As a writer, Bennett makes complex subjects understandable. He mainly works in the area where business meets technology, and is interested in small business use of computers and the internet, but is happy handling any ‘difficult’ writing job.
Bennett’s portfolio includes stories for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Melbourne Age and The Australian Financial Review on topics as diverse as the changing weight of exports, raising venture capital, corporate information technology and how to choose a small business PC.
Bill Bennett’s Specialties:
Business, technology, entrepreneurship, higher education, science, employment -- anything regarded as 'difficult'. Stories with a people focus.
Bill Bennett’s Experience
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Owner
Friday Street Ltd
(Publishing industry)
November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Writer, editor, publisher.
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Associate Publisher
Fairfax Business Media
(Public Company; FXJ; Newspapers industry)
June 2006 — November 2008 (2 years 6 months)
Managing the day-to-day business of a trade newspaper
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freelance
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
(Publishing industry)
1998 — 2007 (9 years )
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Editor, Reseller News
IDG Communications
(Newspapers industry)
September 2004 — June 2006 (1 year 10 months)
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Freelance Feature Writer
Australian Financial Review and Sydney Morning Herald
(Publishing industry)
1998 — 2004 (6 years )
Worked as a freelance mainly for Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age newspapers. Still do in fact.
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Partner
Electra pty ltd
(Public Company; Newspapers industry)
1998 — 2003 (5 years )
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Editor
Ozemail
(Public Company; Publishing industry)
1998 — 1998 (less than a year)
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Editor
ACP
(Newspapers industry)
1997 — 1998 (1 year )
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Freelance Journalist
National Business Review
(Publishing industry)
1990 — 1995 (5 years )
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Editor
Ariel Publications
(Publishing industry)
1989 — 1992 (3 years )
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Section Editor
Wellington Newspapers
(Newspapers industry)
1987 — 1989 (2 years )
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Computer Page editor
The Dominion Post
(Publishing industry)
1987 — 1989 (2 years )
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Editor
IPC Electrical-Electronic Press
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)
1982 — 1984 (2 years )
Bill Bennett’s Education
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The University of Manchester
BSc , Physics , 1977 — 1980
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Bill Bennett’s Interests:
technology, business, journalism, newspapers, magazines, online publishing
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