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Amanda Akien: Freelance Journalist

From finance articles to opinion, as a freelance journalist, I've written for The Guardian, The Metro, Take a Break, Bella, World Finance Magazine, Home Overseas, The Payments Association and The Illawarra Mercury, to name but a few... I've also edited magazines, including St Alban's Life, Harpenden Life, Radlett Life, Allergy Matters and Wedding Source Guide. Online publications include TechRadar Pro, America Domani, and eFinancial careers.

Magazines & newspapers

The Guardian

Example of debate in Take a Break Magazine

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My specialist areas include technology, finance, education, lifestyle, travel and opinion. With an MA in Journalism from the University of Wollongong, Australia, I've written for publications in the US, Australia, India, Norway and the UK.

World Finance Magazine Winter 25/26

Print

Online

Norweigan Media & Tech

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Media & Tech

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Finance - World Finance Magazine Winter 25/26

Read: The elvolving role of the CEO

Techradar

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Education - Celebrating Partnerships

Unlocking futures through careers

Travel

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Education - Celebrating Partnerships

Teaching tomorrow: The power of AI

The Guardian

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Creative writing

Till Tales

The task was simple. Tell a short story in the form of a till receipt. No backstory. No exposition. No conversation. Just a fictional list of purchased items. Each story is exactly 54mm wide and monospaced.

Think subtext, implication, suggestion... Till Tales embraces the show-don’t-tell concept. Till Tales is a brilliant read and a brilliant writing concept for ADHD minds and non-ADHD ones, too.

If I ever find a till receipt in a trolley again, I’ll never look at it in the same way. 🛒

Thanks to David Thompson and Barrie Tullett at Lincoln University. 🎓