Writing

WRITING - Corporate Video Scripts \| Press Releases \| Newspapers \| Magazines \| Books
My aims are to inform, entertain and stimulate thought by distilling complex technical and specialist subjects into words which won't insult the professional, but be understood by those less expert.
CORPORATE & VIDEO	top
Steel Mills (Sweden) • Packaging (Norway) • Tupperware (England) Luxury Condos (Hong Kong) • European Free Trade Area • Roto-compacting (UK) • O.C. Media Motor Failure Early Warning System (US) • Fishing Lodge (Alaska) • Motor Guard (US) Madison Technology Systems (US) • Semester in Spain Narration script doctor Financial • Medical • Health • Fitness • Sport • Electronics • Religion
TELEVISION	top
Financial News Network (FNN now CNBC), writer/news anchor for Financial Inquiry: International News Commodities • National News • Business news • Stocks PBS/WNET NYC: editorials for To The Point and Special Edition Rhodesian TV & Radio: wrote and presented live magazine show Frankly Partridge • The Kwhizz Kids Message To The Nation Specials • News • Promos TV Commercials: wrote spots for many US financial and corporate clients
Radio
WKAT/ABC Miami wrote and hosted two daily, 2-hour talk shows: What's Happening South Florida, Focus on Florida Life, 6pm news in between Co-scripted historical series The Royal and The Famous
Documentary Films	top
Scriptwriter at the Film Producers Guild, London
Translation	top
Founder of Rome's Centro Traduzioni Cinema: translating film scripts, treatments and contracts from French, German, Italian and Spanish
Newspapers and Magazines	top
Financial: London Daily Express Investors' Guide Features: The Option Specialists • The City • Commodity Markets Columns: City Talk • From the Boardrooms • New Issues
Political: 'Rhodesia, as it really is' 10 million pamphlets distributed in 42 countries; described by the London Daily Telegraph as: "A drop of truth in an ocean of lies." Article based on the pamphlet in The Washington Post. Analyzed media coverage on Rhodesia for Accuracy in Media (Washington)
Show Biz: 'The Business of Being An Actor' in The Screen Actor • Talent Spotlight • Dramalogue ITVA Magazines (L.A. & O.C.)•IVCA Magazine (London) 'Derek Partridge reporting from: New York, Bermuda, London, Rome, Kenya, Brazil and Hollywood' - a weekly column in Rhodesia's Look & Listen (TV Guide) 'Spokespersons and Actors in Video Productions' Cue Magazine 'Successful Communication On-Camera and In Public Speaking' (The Production Link)
Trap Shooting: European Editor Gun Digest • European Consultant Guns & Ammo Annual International Advisor Gun World. 100 articles in, eg: Shotgun Sports • American Shotgunner • The Skeeter Sports Afield • Guns & Ammo • Trap & Field • Gun Facts • Hunting Annual • Popular Guns
UK: Shooting Times • Clay Shooting Magazine • Target Gun • Shooting Magazine • PULL! • Sporting Gun Italy: Pull • Tiro a Volo Europe: Articles reprinted in France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Scandinavia
Press Releases: Winchester • Eley Ammunition • Perazzi shotguns • Kemen shotguns • Nitro Nobel Kick Eez recoil pads • many other general products and services
Miscellaneous: A Date with Destiny • A 'Case' History • The Hung-Up Dove • I Put A Peanut In My Mouse House The Singles Scene (in Intro Magazine and in Dateline)
Books	top
Philosophy/Self-Help Frankly Partridge • Thought-Provoking Thoughts About Living Travel A Smile Is My Passport or, if it's Friday, it must be Rangoon, Bangkok and Hong Kong! Shooting International Clay Target Shooting • ABC of Shooting • Shotgun Digest