Daniel Pountney

Experience

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  Metro, The Sun, The Telegraph, ESPN

  Jan 2010 - Nov 2017

  Feature Writer / Blogger

  Writing news, features and sport content for national newspapers and global websites • Pitching feature ideas to editors• Writing commissioned features for The Sun and Telegraph Men• Writing a weekly lifestyle blog for Metro • Writing my own travel blog at Bornbytheriver.com and promoting it on social media

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  Metro UK

  Jan 2012 - Oct 2012

  Sub Editor / Designer

  Designing pages and subbing features pages• Page design using InDesign and Photoshop, working on travel, food, art and fashion pages• Text subbing to the highest standards of grammar, punctuation, spelling and house style

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  The Sun

  Nov 2012 - Apr 2017

  Overseeing production of news and features content – everything from ISIS and Ebola to Victoria’s Secret and Star Wars - across The Sun newspaper and its phone and tablet editions • Writing the headlines The Sun is famous for • Making decisions on how stories should be presented and sourcing supporting media• Commissioning content from writers, and graphics and video from specialist teams and agencies• Working with designers to create eye-catching pages for all platforms• Standing in for the Homepage, Tablet and Web Editors• Monitoring web traffic analytics and responding to that data in a live environment• Revising Sub Editors’ work to ensure the highest standards of language and style are met Show less Subbing news, lifestyle, travel and showbiz stories quickly and accurately for the paper and website• Editing politics, travel, fashion, showbiz and in-depth news pages to the highest standards and with flair• Editing news stories and ensuring legal integrity maintained at all times• Shifts editing and uploading content to thesun.co.uk and The Sun's mobile and tablet apps• Working on Middle Bench as Early or Late Chief Sub, managing subs’ workflow• Working with columnists to ensure legal and ethical standards maintained but their voices heard Show less

  • Production Editor

    Feb 2015 - Apr 2017

  • Sub Editor

    Nov 2012 - Feb 2015
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  The Telegraph

  Apr 2017 - Nov 2017

  Production Journalist

  Managing the production process across the news, features, sport and business desks. • Managing the workflow of a team of print sub editors• Subbing the daily splash• Commissioning content from writers, and the picture and graphics desks• Editing the website's homepage and enriching online stories with embedded videos, GIFs, tweets and graphics

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  Dataminr

  Dec 2017 - now

  Dataminr discovers critical events and breaking information on social media long before it's in the news. We use AI and machine learning to detect, classify and determine the significance of public information in real-time so our clients can know first and act fast. Our solutions for Corporate Security, PR/Communications, News, the Public Sector and Finance are relied on 24/7 by thousands of clients in more than 70 countries.

  • Senior Manager, Scaled Operations

    Sept 2024 - now

  • Senior Research and Development Manager

    Jan 2024 - Sept 2024

  • Research And Development Manager

    Jan 2022 - Jan 2024

  • Content Engineer

    Mar 2020 - Dec 2021

  • Editor

    Dec 2017 - Feb 2020