Keith Elliott



Profile:


Full name: Keith Elliott

Area of interest: Media; Sport (esp. Fishing); Travel

Journals: The Independent on Sunday

Email: [mailto:keith@pma-group.com keith@pma-group.com]

Website: PMA media training

Blog: PMA blog

Agent:

Networks: Linkedin



Biography:
Education: Slough Grammar

Career: Worked in 'Fleet Street' for The Times, The Guardian, Today, Financial Times, The Sun; has also launched and edited magazines on a range of subjects, including: accountancy, babies, computers, fishing, general practice, healthcare; has been a sports columnist for The Independent since its launch (1986), his fishing column continuing over this period
 * also Chairman and owner of PMA media training (founded in 1980 by Philip Marsh) a company he took over 1988 and now Europe's largest media training company

Current position/role: freelance journalist, columnist and fishing correspondent


 * also writes/written for: Harpers & Queen, Livewire, Freedom (Jeep magazine), The Field

Other roles: Media trainer

Other activities: Fishing: he has fished around the world from the Great Barrier Reef to Mongolia, and caught everything from gudgeon to bonefish, from sharks to salmon; was one of the first National Anglers' Council coaches; won the national sea-fishing championships
 * Editor of Classic Angling, bi-monthly magazine for collectors of antique tackle and those interested in the history of fishing
 * Chairman of the Angling Writers' Association (a founder member in 1999)

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Awards/Honours: Angling Writers Association awards: Writer of the Year (also Humorous Writer of the Year), 2002

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Books & Debate:

 * How to be the world's best fisherman (1993) OCLC 29670725 (with Bob Nudd)

Latest work: The greatest fishing tips in the world (2008) OCLC 213113831 (with Graham Kennedy)

Speaking/Appearances: Speaks regularly at conferences on 'media' and also judges many national awards

Current debate: 

The Independent on Sunday: 'Fishing lines'

 * (column ended 31st August 2008)

Column remit: Fishing

Section: Sport

Role: Columnist

Pen-name:

Email:

Website: Independent.co / Sport / Others

Commissioning editor:

Day published: Sunday

Regularity: Weekly

Column format:

Average length: 500/550 words



Articles:

 * for the memories, but I've reached the end of the lines'' - Final column - 31st August 2008
 * Tube arrives in nick of time but there's a delay on the rigs'' - 24th August 2008
 * the master picks up his pen and enjoys a sea change'' - 17th August 2008
 * may have been on the wagon, but I took two cases of booze'' - 10th August 2008
 * A celebrity is a must, but I don't want Jordanon my river - 3rd August 2008
 * Don’t bank on a monster hit when the TV crews turn up - 27th July 2008
 * I'm usually fair game at the game fair but the party's over now - 20th July 2008
 * Bravo to Brussels for saving the Estuary for English anglers - 13th July 2008
 * Keys to success for Rawle are putting Florida skippers in place - 6th July 2008
 * Not just crying crocodile tears for the demise of the big day out - 29th June 2008
 * The magic day when sick notes signalled the season's start - 22nd June 2008
 * Giant skate as big as a snooker table but we can't pot one - 15th June 2008
 * The boys in blue are wrong to say it's mad and bad to fish for shad - 8th June 2008
 * You had to mind your tackle when the naked chef was on the bank - 1st June 2008
 * You don't have to be a millionaire to join this club, but it would help - 25th May 2008
 * Beware troubled water if you're sitting on the dock of the bay - 18th May 2008
 * Farewell to Fred, a genial giant who was first among equals  - 11th May 2008
 * I'm fresh out of answers to The Great Swedish Sea Trout Mystery - 4th May 2008
 * I've had a lot of grief being offered as an auction prize - 27th April 2008
 * Horny old devil with a genius for trout and affairs of the current - 20th April 2008
 * Fancy a bite?Try catfish with noodles in the Deep South - 13th April 2008
 * A bellyflop by Big Dave could save the Broadsfrom the sea - 6th April 2008
 * Out in the midday sun, I was mad enough to help save the mahseer - 30th March 2008
 * Mind the crocs as fires burn bright in India's forests of the night - 23rd March 2008
 * Meet Skeet, a colourful champ who's totally addicted to bass - 2nd March 2008
 * Super Bowl of angling puts footballers in their plaice - 24th February 2008
 * No flies on us but maggots worm their way off the plane - 17th February 2008
 * If you want world records, don'ttake liberties with your licence - 10th February 2008
 * I opened a can of worms with the bank, the blonde and the barbel - 3rd February 2008
 * Thinking like a fish is the Classic way to bag boatloads of bass - 27th January 2008
 * If chasing bass in Carolina's on your mind, better pack a pistol - 20th January 2008
 * Act of Kindness rescues salmon stocks in the West Highlands - 13th January 2008
 * Thanks from Jimmy Carter, then thanks to Gordon Brown - 6th January 2008

