Full Name: Lucy Moore

Age: 21

Date Joined: October 2010

Role: Live Music Editorial Assistant

Best thing about life at Spoonfed: Being excited about coming into work each morning. And the office’s proximity to Chilango’s.

Skills I’ve learnt while at Spoonfed: How to avoid making tea while pulling a face that says I actually really wanted to, and I totally will next time, but just can’t right now, the joys of Twitter, the art of blagging.

Likes: Dominating playlists, wearing the same clothes as Alice.

Favourite Cake: Hot chocolate fudge or a nice fruity cheesecake

To find out some more exciting things about Lucy and to read few of her articles please click here.

Full Name: Adam Dolan

Age: 28

Date Joined: April 2011

Role: Theatre Desk Intern to the Stars

Best thing about life at Spoonfed:
The people. The building is a close second; Spoonfed Towers is beautiful and awesome, despite the complete lack of emergency exit or contingency-plan in case of fire. To my successor: bring your own rope ladder to work.
Seriously though, a more supportive, friendly, helpful bunch you couldn’t wish for.

Special shout-outs to Emma McAlpine, Lowri Clarke, Tom Jeffreys, Dom Haley, and, of course, my editor extraordinaire, Miss Naima Khan.

Skills I’ve learnt while at Spoonfed:
I’ve become a much better editor and, as a result, a much better writer. Before I started here I thought a CMS was a type of yacht and SEO was the end of a postcode. I learned how to use Linux. And I was a Spotify virgin. I’m not sure which of those skills are most valuable, but I do know that only one of them means you can impose endless Elvis and Springsteen tracks on your work colleagues.

Likes:
Old movies. Older music. Being with my special someone. Watching LOST.

Favourite Cake:
Mini-battenburgs. Be warned future-intern; they always go first at Cake-Day.

To find out some more exciting things about Adam or to read few of his articles written for Spoonfed please click here.

Full Name: Emma Berge

Age: 23

Date Joined: September 2010

Role: Theatre listings extraordinaire

Best thing about life at Spoonfed: I now know pretty much every theatre event that’s going on in London this month and I get to see them for free

Skills I’ve learnt while at Spoonfed: I’ve learnt how to say ‘I tweet’ without feeling like a dweeb, to not gush at the end of phone interviews, how to write up news really quickly before anyone else can get it out, what SEO means, and can now walk up three flights of stairs with three full cups of tea without spilling

Likes: Big yellow tea pots, rude jokes, free stuff (especially in a foody form), red wine, cheese, fluffy socks and my new bestest best friend Naima

Favourite Cake: Lemon drizzle. It’s the shizzle

To find out more about Emma and read some of her brilliant articles then click here.

Full Name: Alexandra Holley

Age: 23

Date Joined: September 2010

Role: Editorial Assistant on Live Music desk

Best thing about life at Spoonfed: It’s been great to meet some lovely, intelligent, dynamic people

Skills I’ve learnt while at Spoonfed: Tea-making & soup selection from a variety of outlets in vicinity of Angel tube.

Likes: Cat man. Bosses in santa suits. Hearing about so many fun ‘things to do in London’

Favourite Cake: Meg’s pumpkin pie

To read some of the excellent work that Alex has done for Spoonfed, click here.

Eagled-eyed Cake Thursday devotees will notice a striking similarity to the same time last year when we celebrated Dom’s birthday. Children’s party cake, very messy desk, head hidden in shame – I guess nothing really changes round here.

The Spoonfed & Bullseyehub Office Christmas Party (before the carnage…)

Mmmm! Lovely stuff! Make mine a moussaka please… :)

Full Name: Sinead Bevan

Age: 25

Date Joined: September 2010

Role: Comedy Desk Intern

Best thing about life at Spoonfed: Being in a job that doesn’t make me want to cry when I have to get out of bed in the morning, being trusted to go out and interview top comedians, and getting free press tickets! I get to laugh for my job!

Skills I’ve learnt while at Spoonfed: So many: practical and specific skills like SEO and CMS management, and how to promote your work on the web. In more general terms, my writing style has improved dramatically, and I’m being more focused and driven. Plus I’ve gotten over my fear of sounding like an idiot when interviewing someone (apparently we all do, so get over it)

Likes: Historical fiction, giant mugs of tea, musical comedy, the sculpture on angel wings in Islington, bobble hats, Irish men.

Favourite Cake: Chocolate Coca Cola cake – there’s a can of coke in the mix! Plus a whole packet of butter…heart attack cake!

Click here to check out all of Sinead’s articles on Spoonfed!

Looking for a start in journalism? Graduated recently? Still filling your days with whatever cheesy American drama is on E4 whilst growling at financial journalism job ads on Gumtree? You know nothing about finance but you do want to write. We know the feeling.

Here’s a way you can get into a myriad of London events, write reviews, interviews and pitch your own feature articles: apply for an intern position at Spoonfed Media. Right now we’re looking for an intern to start on the Comedy Desk as soon as possible. The position involves reviewing events, writing news pieces and interviewing artists

Essential info:
Spoonfed.co.uk is one of the best events site in London – covering a huge range of culture and nightlife in the city: clubbing, gigs, comedy, art, theatre and leisure.

The site offers previews of thousands of events as well as news, features, reviews, artist profiles and roaming features like our iPhone Event Radar. We are looking for an exceptional candidate to spend 3 months at the friendly Spoonfed offices in Angel.

The Internship
Your time will be spent learning varied skills, including writing concise, accurate event descriptions; chasing event information; profiling and interviewing artists, promoters, comedians and interesting London folk; reviewing shows; plus marketing through social networks and traditional media. During the 3 months, we’ll provide a structured, supportive environment where you can learn a broad range of skills. There are weekly seminars on topics like copy writing, community management and search engine strategy. But by far the greatest learning experience is practical – you’ll learn the nuts and bolts of online publishing and leave us with an insider’s knowledge of web journalism and commerce.

Though our internships are unpaid, we do provide a travel allowance and ensure your time with us is meaningful experience complete with training – we give graduates of the scheme every support in building their portfolio and finding future work.
Our internship placements are offered in line with the Internship Charter produced by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

The Ideal Candidate
We’re looking for a self-motivated recent graduate. You’ll need to be enthusiastic, full of ideas and up for going to all kinds of comedy events. You also need to be able to work quickly and learn fast.

Please apply for an internship on the Comedy Desk by Monday 6th December by sending your CV, a covering letter and an example of your work to contribute@spoonfed.co.uk

Full Name: Chloe Warnock

Age: 24

Date Joined: July 2010

Role: Intern and writer on the DJ/Clubbing desk and now Acting Assistant DJ Editor. I write features and listings.

Best thing about life at Spoonfed: I spend the day listening to or talking/writing about music, which is just brilliant. Also, the opportunities to meet/get in contact with so many people.

Skills I’ve learnt while at Spoonfed: Never say no to a freebie, and if there’s anything you want to do, just go for it.

Likes: Hanging out, funny people, random nights in London, festivals, hot days, sparkly eye make up and g&ts.

Favourite Cake: That’s an almost impossible question! Posh custom made girly cupcakes. Oh, and pink French fancies (I’ve dreamt about the giant one).