One of her biggest celebrity achievements - aside from generating celebrity exclusives - was interviewing Take That (including Robbie Williams) and bumping into Simon Cowell so much at events she told him 'I'm calling you my showbiz dad!' Selina later branched further into all things celebrity to became a Showbiz Writer at Heat magazine, covering red carpet events, showbiz parties, and various launches before going freelance for two years. Things like this are close to her heart when it comes to using journalism to make a positive difference in people's lives. Whilst at the paper she was awarded an O2 Media Judges' Special Award for helping a terminally ill cancer sufferer realise his dying wish and marry his childhood sweetheart through a successful newspaper campaign. Having spent the start of her career working on local newspapers and online, Selina spent six years as Acting News Editor and Entertainment Reporter at the Scunthorpe Telegraph where she dug into hard news stories, conducted interviews, covered court reporting, features, and entertainment, whilst going to gigs in her spare time. She is fully NCTJ and NCE qualified and has 100wpm shorthand. She currently looks after all things Entertainment for GoodtoKnow, Woman&Home and My Imperfect Life.īefore joining Future Publishing, Selina graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2006 with a degree in Journalism.

Selina is a Senior Entertainment Writer with more than 14 years of experience in newspapers and magazines.

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