Wheal associates - journalism



		Journalism - News / Feature writing Chris Wheal has carved out a niche in writing about finance, mainly the insurance industry, business and public sector finance. Chris has edited two weekly magazines, Insurance Times and Property People.

					He was involved in the launch of The Guardian's Society Finance page in January 1998 and has provided articles since then. (click on it to read Poll tax is history.)

		Chris has contributed to the leading insurance weeklies Post Magazine and Insurance Times and has written for the Chartered Insurance Institute Journal. He was the 1999 British Insurance Brokers' Association broadsheet journalist of the year for an article in the Guardian on council insurance. And in July 2003 was named the BIBA tabloid journalist of the year for 2002 for an article in Choice magazine. In 2008 he was highly commended in the BIBA trade press category for an article in Insurance Times about household insurance. In 2002 Chris began a series analysing the impact of London's first directly elected mayor, Ken Livingstone, giving Ken the right of reply in an interview. He has written a number of articles for Time Out since then, including his prediction that the Olympics would cost too much. Chris has contributed to major financial titles such as Accountancy Age and Public Finance and more recently has written about pensions for Growing Business magazine and PLC Director. He has also written on personal finance for the Mail on Sunday and for consumer magazines such as Choice. For three years he edited a monthly celebrity interview column for Local Government Chronicle in which he asked famous people about their local council. This led to a feature in the Guardian in March 2003 headlined Infamous delivery (right). Chris has also provided general insurance industry news for financial services contract-publishing companies, in-house newspapers and trade associations' newsletters. He has also ghost-written a number of articles for PR companies. Chris was a regular contributor to Winning Business Strategies - a book published on behalf of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales - and has written chapters of guides for the Institute of Directors. Some examples of Chris's work: Chris has edited supplements for The Guardian see management page Stepping out from the Indie Shadow - Insurance Times November 2007 pdf opens new window Take Cover - Heathcare Finance July 2007 pdf opens new window Damage Limitation - Insurance Times April 2007 pdf opens new window Time to stop exploiting accidental tourists - Insurance Times January 2007 pdf opens new window Two wheels, too difficult - Insurance Times November 2006 - pdf open in a new window A tender subject - Healthcare Finance June 2006 Sweating Assets - Healthcare Finance March 2006 Paying Up - Healthcare Finance February 2005 Walking into trouble – Guardian 02.07.03 Infamous delivery – Guardian 12.03.03 Hackney Old Fire Station - Guardian 12.06.02 Volunteer insurance - Guardian 05.06.02 NHS goes private - Guardian Back of the queue - Guardian 21.11.01 journalism ...... management ...... production ......copywriting ...... training ...... directors ...... contact ...... home Wheal Associates, 3 Overcliff Road, Lewisham, London SE13 7UB Tel: 020-8694-9412 Fax: 020-8694-2327 (all calls to and from Wheal Associates may be recorded) email site design for wheal associates by by www.kurtz.co.uk all content©whealassociates2003