Lydia Truesdale

Journalist

I’m a news junkie – I’m all about discovering, consuming and delivering newsworthy content. I’m especially interested in topics that affect the routines and wellbeing of people, communities and businesses; topics that fascinate; that people want to explore and become informed and educated on; that matter to individuals who wouldn’t ordinarily have the time or resources to investigate themselves.

I’m very ‘outdoorsy’ and my background is speckled with recreational and sporting endeavours. These days I compete to a high level in eventing (equestrian) with a team of four horses that I train myself, so am kept pretty busy (and broke!) outside the office.

I’m delighted to be the newest member of Academy’s editorial department. Together with my degree in journalism and four years’ experience in print I hope to present the Academy readership with informative and engaging articles that provide a pleasurable albeit momentary break from daily life.
You can contact me at: lydia@academygroup.co.nz

Marie Sherry

Journalist

Marie Sherry is a journalist with 17 years’ experience within the print industry.

With a degree in English literature from Otago University and a certificate in journalism from Aoraki Polytechnic in Timaru, Marie worked as a daily reporter at The Southland Times in Invercargill for four years before joining Academy Publishing’s Christchurch-based team in 1997.

Marie worked fulltime for the company for three years before switching to freelance work after the birth of her first child in 2000.

Since then she has worked continually from home on a freelance basis, undertaking work for a number of publications including Academy Publishing’s range of business newspapers.