Felicity started working for Express.co.uk in 2014 as a Showbiz reporter - hot from the MailOnline offices. Quickly she was promoted to Lifestyle Editor running the department with three reporters.
It was Felicity’s duty to write and edit articles on a range of ‘lifestyle’ topics including health, property, travel and style.
In January 2018, Felicity was promoted to Head of TV, Showbiz and Lifestyle. She currently manages a team of 18 reporters, three editors and three digital departments.
DRAFTED
While working for MSN, MailOnline and Express.co.uk, Felicity also freelanced for a London-based publication called Drafted magazine.
Assuming the role of Features and Beauty Editor meant Fliss had a thriving book of PR contacts and the confidence to build professional relationships with key industry executives.
Working to deadline is a pressure for every journalist, but for an editor that pressure is intensified. Learning to manage a section and source compelling feature content were skills Felicity acquired during this time.
In 2013, Felicity started a job on the MailOnline’s showbiz department in the London office. The MO newsroom is a high-pressure environment where reporters either sink or swim; editors at the time advised it should take no longer than 45 minutes from being given a story to making it live. This challenge is something Felicity thrived on.
With no sub-editors, mounting pressure and the world’s eyes on the site there was no margin for error. She worked on breaking news and exclusive interviews.
LOVE SPORT radio invites Felicity onto the Jerry Hayes show for a segment on celebrity gossip and chat every week, on a Sunday. A round-up of the latest Sunday paper celebrity news squeezed into an eight minute segment.
LOVE SPORT is a London radio station and is broadcast on 558 AM and on London DAB along with numerous digital channels.
January 2015, Felicity was approached to be a professional mentor to MA students at City University. Every six months, Fliss is paired with an ambitious, young student with a passion for digital, editorial or just a drive to succeed.
A student Fliss mentored in 2015 has gone on to win awards for her role as a female journalist in the tough world of gaming journalism.
And this year, she was paired with a young, enthusiastic student who she helped score a three year internship with the Telegraph.
She sat on a mentoring and further development discussion panel at the university in June. Four professionals were asked to take part in a Q&A discussion about employment and entering the world of work with 180 students from City University.
MSN
Felicity started out her career in London in the Microsoft offices working for MSN. Back in 2011, she sourced and edited content, pictures and covered real-time events (such as the GRAMMYs) for over 40 countries worldwide.
Quickly she was promoted from Entertainment Reporter to International Entertainments Editor: Senior Project Manager. As team she and two other members of staff provided a vibrant, content rich and social celebrity entertainment solution to multiple markets on a global scale.
Editorially, a tongue-in-cheek nature was helpful, an interest in the world of celebrity ideal and a passion for writing essential.
Providing content to markets as varied as China, Germany and Latin America could be challenging, as was using a third-party translation company, however the pride in seeing my work on every MSN homepage around the world far out-weighed the logistic challenges.
