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Rodney Edwards is aN AWARD-WINNING Freelance Journalist and Radio Presenter from Northern Ireland.

For over five years he has been contributing to various local and national newspapers and magazines in the UK, gaining valuable knowledge, important contacts and a strong relationship with some of Britain's biggest and most respected publications and journalists.

Focusing on general news, features, music and showbiz he has built up an impressive portfolio of exclusive stories and interviews with some of today's biggest names. He has tackled serious issues such as hate crime and suicide, ridiculed a heap of music artists with his amusing analysis of their work and beat Oprah Winfrey in bagging a World Exclusive interview with a boy who ran away to Iraq – a scoop that made headlines of its own in national and regional newspapers. Rodney was also interviewed about the story on Northern Ireland’s UTV Live News programme.

In 2004, Rodney trained and presented a number of shows through the Q Radio Network - one of Northern Ireland's biggest and best media outlets and home to radio stations such as Q97.2FM, Q101.2FM and Q102.9FM. In 2005, he was named Young Journalist of the Year in association with the Daily Mirror and in 2006, he joined Vibe FM in Fermanagh. At the station he presented a number of central shows such as Mid-Morning, Vibe's Most Wanted, Vibe Today and The Vibe Vault. And in October '07, he started freelancing for Downtown Radio and Cool FM - covering news and features.

More recently, he has helped break some of the biggest and most talked about showbiz stories through his links with The Sun, Daily Mirror, Daily Star, Sunday Mirror, News of the World, The People, More Magazine and Heat Magazine. He continues to interview big names and contribute showbiz stories to the national papers as well as regular shift work around the UK for the likes of the Mirror and The People. He also regularly writes weekly features for Northern Ireland's Impartial Reporter and various items for the Belfast Telegraph. In September '07, Rodney was interviewed for the Press Gazette on being a Freelance Journalist.

Rodney is available for freelance writing work on newspapers, magazines and online – focusing on showbiz, music, real-life, general news and features. He’s also available for freelance radio work, including presenting, voiceovers, interviews, reporting and news reading.

Throughout this website you’ll find various cuttings of his national and regional work and a voice demo, sound clips and celebrity interviews from some of his radio shows.