An introduction to Sharon Hurley Hall's career as a journalist, writer, educator, mentor, author. Video version on YouTube https://youtu.be/le8TTtsv88g

1. Meet Sharon
Hurley Hall

2. Hi, I'm Sharon
Citizen of the world
Lifelong learner
Journalist
Educator and mentor
Freelance writer
Author

3. Citizen of the world

5. Citizen of the world
- Born in the UK
- Grew up in Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados
- Lived in France and England
- Loves to travel

6. Mother, wife, daughter,
sister, friend

7. Lifelong learner

8. Proud alum of
Queen's College,
Barbados
UWI Cave Hill Coventry
University, UK

9. Lifelong learner
- BA (Hons) French and Spanish, UWI Cave Hill
- MA (Distinction) Media and Cultural Studies, Coventry
University, UK
- MA Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Coventry
University, UK

10. Lifelong learner
- Certification in Content Marketing
- Certification in Email Marketing
- Still learning every day …

11. Journalist

12. Journalist - Caribbean Contact
Learned the craft and
travelled the region, writing
and translating coverage of
politics, society, and culture

13. Journalist - Caribbean Contact
Highlight: My first interview:
Norma Shorey-Bryan of WAND

14. Journalist - Caribbean Week
Exploring the tourist side of
Barbados and the Caribbean
while learning desktop
publishing

15. Journalist - Caribbean Week
Highlight: Interviewing
the Mighty Gabby
and Red Plastic Bag

16. Journalist
UK/European Editor,
FT Profile (a Financial
Times subsidiary) -
working on company
news, financials,
mergers, acquisitions

17. Journalist/Sub-Editor -
Metal Bulletin Monthly
Writing and editing articles
about metals. My first
article was about gold!

18. Journalist/Sub-Editor -
Metal Bulletin Monthly
Highlight: interviewing
metals industry people in
Spanish before writing
articles for a special focus

19. Editor
Design and Technology Association
Editing educational books,
and serving on the editorial
committee for the
association's academic
journal

20. Editor
Design and Technology Association
Highlight: creating and
editing the association’s
monthly newsletter

21. Editor, National Youth Agency
Edited flagship
magazine, Young
People Now
Highlight: working with
writers to edit books

22. “
"Sharon is an excellent editor
- one who edits with a light
hand to make the author's
work the best it can be."
- Holly Jahangiri

23. Educator and mentor

24. “Sharon is an amazing
mentor. I appreciate her
wisdom and expertise. When
I have a question, she guides
me in a beautiful way to the
answer.
- Sophia Jappinen

25. Senior Lecturer, Coventry University
Teaching practical journalism
skills at university level,
including a joint annual student
exercise where PR students put
on a press conference and
journalism students covered it

26. Senior Lecturer, Coventry University
Highlight: designing and running
an MA in Journalism programme

27. Educator and mentor
Started and ran the Get
Paid to Write Online blog
to help new writers start
their business
getpaidtowriteonline.com

28. Educator and mentor
Helped students with
research skills, most
recently with a
workshop on Writing
Readable Research
Papers

29. Educator and mentor
Created and ran the Biz of
Writing mentoring program to
help people with getting their
website and marketing
started.

30. Educator and mentor
Highlight: Mission NOT
Impossible, the Business
Blogging Bootcamp

31. Freelance writer

32. 1,000,000+
words written for clients around the globe…
and counting ...

34. Freelance writer covering:
- Content
marketing
- Email
marketing
- Social media
marketing
- Digital
marketing
- Ecommerce
- Search
engine
optimization
- Analytics
- Business
- Productivity
- And much
more

35. Clients include

36. “
Sharon is one of my favorite
writers to work with.
She...consistently turns in
great content that needs
little to no editing.
- Kathryn Aragon

37. Freelance writing highlights
- Creating and executing blogging and social
media strategy for a US travel firm
- Writing for an IBM publication
- Creating an 8,000 word SEO guide for the
OptinMonster blog
- Writing white papers on technical topics for
telecoms and mobile design firms

38. Author

39. Getting Started
in Blogging
Beginners' guide to blogging

40. “
A great guide for new
bloggers. If you don't have
time to learn by trial and
error (and who has that extra
time these days?), this guide
can save you a significant
amount of time.

41. Writing for
the Web
The book of the workshop on getting
started with online writing - originally
done for a National Cultural Foundation
(NCF) Writer's Clinic

42. “
With this great book you can
be writing for money, or fun,
across the internet, knowing
you're making the right
decisions.

43. Exploring Shadeism
Research on post-colonial issues about colourism
in Barbados and the Caribbean

44. “
Well-written; chock full of
information and
perspectives - an excellent
resource for any social
scientist.

45. More about Sharon

46. More about Sharon
- Avid reader - reads every day
- Reiki Master/Teacher - Reiki
practitioner since 2006; Reiki
Master since 2016
- Past President and Vice-
President, Barbados Reiki
Association

47. More about Sharon
- Occasional poet
- Personal essays on
beingsharon.com
- Polymath - so watch this
space …

48. Learn more on
www.sharonhh.com