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Senior Reporter for the Northampton Chronicle & Echo and four-time campaign lead, giving a profile and voice to businesses and fighting for important issues.

Joined the Chronicle & Echo in June 2022, and gained my senior NQJ qualification with distinction from the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) two years later in August 2024.

You can find the stories from my four campaigns - Tidy Our Town, Back Our Businesses, the award-nominated Help Our Hospitality, and fighting against increases in town centre car parking prices in Northampton - on my portfolio.

Help Our Hospitality was shortlisted among the final four in the Story/Campaign of the Year category at the National World Awards 2023.

Graduated from the University of Sheffield in June 2022 with a first-class journalism studies degree and a gold standard NCTJ diploma. Currently working towards becoming a senior journalist.

Winner of the Gavin Reeve-Daniels Memorial Prize for achieving the highest mark in the journalism department's magazine module at the University of Sheffield.

Former Editor-in-Chief of Best Newcomer Publication in the North at the Student Publication Association (SPA) Regional Awards 2021. Winner of Small Society of the Year, and Best Publicity and Engagement at the University of Sheffield 2022.

Experience in news and feature writing, podcasting, social media management and content creation using Canva, copy editing, video production using Adobe Premiere Pro, and radio production using Burli.

You can connect with me on Twitter below, or email me on katie.wheatley@nationalworld.com.