Miranda Kaufmann
07855 792 885 mirandackaufmann@gmail.com
Research and Writing Experience
July 2012
Editorial Assistant- Diplomat Magazine
 Researched, wrote, edited and proof-read copy for the magazine and its Education guide.
 Took charge of social media, more than doubling Twitter following in two weeks.
May-June
Work Experience- BBC World Service: The Forum
 Researched potential guests, wrote briefs detailing their ideas and helped with scripts.
 Wrote engaging Facebook posts and Tweets for the programme.
March
Editorial Intern- The Periscope Post
 Researched and wrote two stories a day for this news digest website, published three
“Views” under my own byline and attended weekly editorial meetings.
2010-Present Freelance Researcher- BBC, Rugby Football Foundation, English Heritage, Quercus and
Oxford Companion series:
 Wrote a brief on Scepticism for BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg.
 Demonstrated a positive correlation between rugby playing and better exam results in state
secondary schools in research for the Rugby Football Foundation.
 Commissioned by English Heritage to research and write: English Heritage Properties 16001830 and Slavery Connections: A Report Undertaken to Mark the Bicentenary of the
Abolition of the British Atlantic Slave Trade (2008).
 Sourced quotations from original 16th-century documents for Dr. Susan Doran, The Tudor
Chronicles (Quercus Publishing, 2008).
 Wrote entries on ‘Golliwog’, ‘Rudolph Dunbar’ and ‘Blacks in Tudor Britain’ for the Oxford
Companion to Black British History (2007).
2007-Present Freelance Journalist - Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, FindRugbyNow.com, and
Politick!Magazine.
 Use my specialist knowledge to provide reviews of history books for the TLS.
 Write a monthly blog on women’s rugby for FindRugbyNow.com.
 Pitch, research and write pieces on a wide range of subjects, from localism to menagement
rings.
2005
Deputy Editor, Features Section – Cherwell (Oxford University student newspaper):
 Commissioned, managed and edited contributions from staff reporters.
2004-2005
Intern – Prospect Magazine, The Guardian (G2), The Times (T2) and The Evening Standard:
 Checked facts, sourced “quotes of the day” on newswires, and edited columns.
Education
2001-2011
Christ Church, Oxford University
 2011: D.Phil., History [Africans in Britain, 1500-1640]; 2005: M. St., Historical Research.
[Tudor Perceptions of Africa and Africans]; 2004: BA Honours, History (II.I).
1993-2000
St. Paul’s Girls’ School, London
 A Levels: History (A) English (A) Latin (B) Art (B).
Interests
Playing rugby (2 winning rugby Blues at Oxford), cooking, dancing, film, theatre, travel.
Referees
Referee details and cuttings portfolio available upon request.