Writer and editor based in Hong Kong and Beijing.

Has spent the past year focussing on the build-up to the Beijing Olympic games, writing in-depth features stories for numerous international magazines and newspapers.

Has written on a variety of topics for international newspapers and magazines, particularly on the changing face of China during the past decade, from its major cities, Shanghai and Beijing to far-flung outposts of the ancient Silk Road region in the Gobi Desert.

A major contributor on the Hong Kong section of the recent Departures special on Hong Kong and China, the first time the prestigious travel magazine has undertaken an issue on such a scale. Also entirely responsible for researching, writing and photographing the Wine Spectator special issue on wine in China. It was a cover story.

Award-winning editor for the Emphasis stable of magazines in Hong Kong, commissioning, editing and supervising production of the Gulf Air in-flight magazine. A Gulf Air issue edited by Graham won an American Folio award: the runner up was National Geographic Traveler.

Also contributor to numerous other Emphasis publications including Discovery, Silk Road, Sawasdee, and Dynasty.

Key skills

Feature writer with an eye for offbeat stories, human-interest angles and personality profiles.

Editor used to working to tight deadlines, and seeing material through from first draft to final production stages.

Business writer able to digest complex issues and explain in a highly readable style.

Book projects capable of undertaking topic-specific books from start to finish: commissioning text and pictures and seeing the book through to the final production stage.

Liaison/research on projects in China, where contacts and local knowledge are essential for outsiders. Wide-ranging contacts in major cities via First Word Media Consultancy.

Corporate projects on specialist topics for Hong Kong, and international companies.

Photographer published widely in magazines worldwide.. Feature stories from all parts of Asia - in particular China and India - and a wide-ranging library of striking images. Photos syndicated worldwide by Gamma Presse Images and World Pictures.

Employment history

Freelance writer and editor
1997 - 2006

Departures
Contributed stories and essays to the Hong Kong section of recent special on China.

Emphasis Custom Media
Freelance editor responsible for commissioning, editing and final production of award-winning in-flight magazine Gulf Air. Editor during the redesign and relaunch of the magazine, which recently won an American Folio award.

South China Morning Post
Profiles of business figures, lifestyle features, travel stories.

International Herald Tribune
Regular contributor to special reports from Asia, including series of in-depth features from Beijing on the city's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games and in-depth reports on Shanghai for the city's World Expo 2010 bid.

The Australian
Travel feature stories, with photos

Wine Spectator
Cover story on the wine industry in China, published in late 2005. Previous work includes features on a Gobi Desert wine-maker who is producing French-style vintages and Rajeev Samant, a former software engineer, who is making India 's first quality wine.

Discovery
Feature stories from Hong Kong and China.

Skyward
Regular feature stories and essays for the Japan Airlines magazine.