Emily Fraser

Current

Freelance Journalist at Emily Fraser Editorial

Past

News Editor, Waters magazine at Incisive Media
US Reporter, Waters magazine at Incisive Media
Translator at Fox Coffey KEG

Language Trainer at SPIDI Spracheninstitut / International Language Services

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Education

University of Leeds

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Industry

Writing and Editing

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Emily Fraser’s Summary

A professional journalist who has covered technology trends in the global banking and capital markets sector since 2006. Now located in Austria and looking to build up her own freelance writing business.

Emily Fraser’s Specialties:

Financial IT, enterprise IT, cloud computing, grid computing, complex event processing, service-oriented architecture, hardware and software innovations, order management systems, risk management, compliance, business process and IT outsourcing, datacenter issues.

Emily Fraser’s Experience

Freelance Journalist

Emily Fraser Editorial

(Writing and Editing industry)

October 2009 — Present (3 months)

Freelance writer specializing in financial and enterprise technology. Writes timely trend articles for specialist B2B magazines and newsletters in the financial technology space. Also available for ghost writing and writing case studies for PR purposes.
News Editor, Waters magazine

Incisive Media

(Privately Held; Publishing industry)

July 2008 — October 2009 (1 year 4 months)

• Researching and writing original cover stories / features.
• Assigning and editing features and departments written by Waters' European reporter as well as articles contributed by industry thought leaders.
• Assigning and editing the front-of-book news section and the monthly “News in Numbers” page.
• Editing monthly columns by other senior editors in the financial IT division.
• Writing a monthly column “Across the Waters” for sibling publication Buy-Side Technology.
• Writing frequent and timely blog posts on emerging financial technology trends and news.
• Moderating panel discussions at Waters events and during sponsored Webinars.
• Scripting and recording live weekly podcasts, discussing the week's financial IT news.
• Recording live video interviews with speakers, delegates and sponsors at Waters events.
• Maintaining an active Twitter account to communicate with audience, build relationships with sources and report from industry events in real-time.
• Managing the Waters LinkedIn Group / discussion forum.

Notable achievements:
• Conceived and launched “Waters Debates” - soliciting contributed bylines arguing different sides of a controversial debate—eg, “Should Bailed-Out Firms Hire American?”
• Assigned and edited the entire August 2009 issue.
US Reporter, Waters magazine

Incisive Media

(Privately Held; Publishing industry)

October 2006 — July 2008 (1 year 10 months)

• Writing original departments, features and cover stories and stories for the front-of-book news section.
• Building and maintaining relationships with sources in the financial IT space, including top-tier buy- and sell-side firms, analyst firms and technology vendors.
• Attending industry conferences / media briefings / frequent meetings with sources.
• Copyediting / proofreading the German-language copy for Deutsche Waters.
• Writing news stories and opinion columns for sibling publications Dealing with Technology, Inside Market Data and Buy-Side Technology.
• Assisting with art selection and layout.

Notable achievements:
• Wrote eight cover stories within a one-year period.
• Short-listed for Incisive Media Journalist of the Year award 2007.
• Photography: Three of my photographs appeared in Waters and Inside Market Data.
Translator

Fox Coffey KEG

(Translation and Localization industry)

June 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 2 months)

Translated corporate and technical texts, including annual and interim business reports, Websites, in-house company magazines, press releases etc from German into English.
Language Trainer

SPIDI Spracheninstitut / International Language Services

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

November 2003 — July 2006 (2 years 9 months)

Gave customized buiness English language classes to German-speaking professionals in Vienna, Austria. Groups ranged from 1-25 participants.