Staff profile: Deborah White
- Position title:
- Editor
- Section:
- Web
- Branch:
- Exhibitions & Creative Services
- Division:
- Public Programs & Operations
- Phone:
- +612 9320 6008
- Email:
- Contact Deborah White using the form below
Profile
I love writing and editing and have been in the profession for about 15 years. I have worked for many cultural institutions such as the Lord Howe Island Museum, the Townsville Cultural Centre, the Dorrigo Rainforest Centre and the Australian Museum, where I have been an Editor for over 13 years. I have written and edited text for exhibitions, publications, interactives, educational programs and audio guides for a wide range of audiences, age groups and interest levels.
I have also worked with Pan Macmillan, Macmillan Education Publishers, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, the University of New South Wales, The University of Technology, Who Weekly magazine, The School Magazine, and Pursuit magazine.
I have worked on many rewarding projects with authors, content experts and designers to achieve text strategies for a range of purposes, but demonstrating the power of language is, I think, the best reward of all.
Wait! I've just discovered a better reward! I am now working as an Exhibition Project Manager where I get to interpret science to the public in fun and engaging ways. Text is still an awesome way to tell a story but by no means the only way...
Qualifications
I have a Bachelor of Arts, with a double major in Factual and Creative Writing and Theatre and Film from the University of New South Wales.
I also have a Certificate in Fine Arts from the Southern Sydney Institute of TAFE as well as certificates in Quark Xpress, Adobe Photoshop and Digital Storytelling.
Awards
On the winning team for the 2002 Royal Zoological Society of NSW Whitley Award for Best Children’s Series (for Insects and Spiders 6-book series)
On the winning team for the 2002 National Trust Energy Australia Heritage Award, electronic category (for Keeping Culture, an interactive CD ROM)
Bronze award for the 1999 Premier’s Public Sector Award for provision of services to regional and rural NSW (for Museum in a Box outreach educational program)
Second place in the 1997 UNSW Literary Prize