Freelance profile

Nika Talbot (Firebird Studio)

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Contact details:

Street: Flat 4, 15 Markwick Terrace
Town: St Leonards on Sea
Postcode: TN38 0RE
Region/nation: South East
Country: United Kingdom
Website: http://nikatalbot.io
Also find me on: LinkedIn | Twitter | Substack
Telephone: 07758621106
Mobile: 07758621106

Skills:

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Online journalismRates: Online/writing
Book writerRates: Print media - writing books
ResearcherRates: Researcher
Subeditor or editorRates: Sub-editing
ProofreaderRates: Sub-editing
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Subjects:

  • Business and commerce
  • Media
  • Technology
  • Women's issues
  • Lifestyle

Major clients:

  • The Shift
  • GCVA
  • National Union of Journalists
  • Hoxby

Profile last updated: 2025-05-21 10:24:55


Extra information:

I am a freelance journalist and writer based in London and St Leonards. I am currently working on Slow Travel Hastings, a guide to the raw, diverse and creative seaside town which has been my home for the past 10 years. 

Clients, past and present include, St Leonards Online, National Union of Journalists, Black Label Properties Berlin, Nexus Communications, Psychosexual Somatics, Sussex Coast College, UK Gift Card & Voucher Association, Julia Margo/Genesis Research Trust and Dreams Come True children's charity. I am a member of the NUJ, Women in Journalism and the PRCA.

I have worked on projects with Expedia, Travel Maps Australia, Weber Shandwick PR, Saatchi & Saatchi, J Walter Thompson, Emap, BBC Magazines, News Corp UK, IPC Media, the Financial Services Authority, and written for women's/health mags including High50, Eve, Scarlet, New Woman, Woman's Journal, Here's Health and Country Walking. I am also a published author with 10 books on women's health, sexuality and lifestyle. 

Slow Travel Hastings 

Welcome to Slow Travel Hastings, a cultural guide to the world famous Sussex seaside town. 


Through interviews, features and profiles I hope to go a little deeper than the average travel guide to showcase this raw, diverse and creative town. I am inspired by the Slow Food movement, a global, grassroots organisation which campaigns for a better way to eat and celebrates regional traditions, gastronomic pleasure and a slower pace of life.

I believe in a more personal and organic form of travel, which is about getting beneath the skin of a place so that when you leave you have a better understanding of its people, passions and politics. www.slowtravelhastings.com. 

Contact niccitalbot@gmail.com, www.niccitalbot.com. 
View my online portfolio: https://niccitalbot.contently.com/

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Hey – I’m Nika, founder of The Shift newsletter (for content entrepreneurs) and Firebird (award-winning content studio). Author, mum, solopreneur, traveller.
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