Damon Parkin
Head of Writing & Presenter
Head of Writing Damon’s team of award-winning storytellers brings the narrative to the creative – in print, online, on screen and on air.
A former newspaper editor who took on corporate communications roles in football and the arts, Damon’s now on a restless quest to preserve and promote the power of authentic stories in a world of artificial interference.
Am I living life or just transcribing it? ▶︎
Writer Damon Parkin is constantly, compulsively carving curves into the walls of his mind. It’s not a choice; it’s an infernal internal reflex. You could call it an affliction. He calls it Teeline Tinnitus™.
Hack to the future ▶︎
Hilary Burton and Damon Parkin began their working lives as local newspaper reporters. Their careers as writers blossomed as they moved, individually, to Smash Hits and a Premier League football club, regional theatre and into corporate comms. They discussed the decline in local media, whether social media is a valid substitute, and if local means anything any more.