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Kayleigh Watson

Birmingham, England

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Deputy Editor at Journo Resources (UK)

✨Tea, tears + questionable taste✨ 🔍Deputy Editor @journoresources 🖋Bylines: gal-dem, Best Fit, NME, Ticketmaster, Time Out, British GQ + more 🎬@scriptsirens

Articles

  • 1 week ago | nme.com | Kayleigh Watson

    It’s only taken three years for Cortisa Star to go from making messy beats in her bedroom to teetering on the edge of being music’s next “it” girl. The 19-year-old artist first started making her blown-out, distorted internet rap as an escape from the isolation of rural Delaware, a place where she felt like “the most different person in the room 90 per cent of the time”.

  • 4 weeks ago | journoresources.org.uk | Jem Collins |Kayleigh Watson |Saiba Haque

    March 27, 2025 (Updated March 27, 2025) The Times and The Sunday Times run a range of graduate trainee schemes — this year they’re all advertised under one application, which is open until April 6. If you’re thinking of applying, you’ve stopped off in the right place — we’ve asked people who’ve successfully completed the process for their top tips and advice. If you’ve successfully applied to the scheme and want to share your wisdom, please do get in touch.

  • 1 month ago | timeout.com | Kayleigh Watson

    Photograph: Into The Woods Photograph: Into The Woods From Indian-inspired spreads to Alice in Wonderland-style banquets, these are the best afternoon tea spots in Birmingham Friday 14 March 2025 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email WhatsApp Advertising Birmingham is oft overlooked for the bright lights of London or Manchester, but to do so in the foodie stakes is at your own peril! Having either journeyed into or lived in Birmingham for approximately 15 years, I’ve often been surprised by how...

  • Oct 17, 2024 | journoresources.org.uk | Kayleigh Watson

    October 17, 2024 (Updated October 22, 2024) Back for its fourth year, we are incredibly excited to announce the newest cohort of the Journo Resources Fellowship. After an unprecedented volume of applications — we received almost double the number of applications compared to last year — our team has finally whittled down the final selection.

  • Sep 2, 2024 | nme.com | Kayleigh Watson

    Dora Jar exists at 100mph, whether that’s her career, her schedule, her creativity, or her consciousness. When NME meets her, it’s been less than a week since she performed at Lollapalooza. Her first true festival experience, it was “hectic”, Jar absorbing the energy of the crowd, surprised how many people knew her bizarre yet charming alt-pop.

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Kayleigh Watson
Kayleigh Watson @kaylwattson
19 Mar 25

🎟️There's still time to grab tickets to tonight's @journoresources workshop with the wonderful @FaimaBakar!

Journo Resources
Journo Resources @journoresources

🗞️Are you struggling to get that story published in print? Tomorrow, @FaimaBakar joins us for a masterclass on finding stories that magazines and newspapers want, and getting that commission – don't miss it! 🎟️ https://t.co/pUIl4NXP18 https://t.co/5U7QK6bPLL

Kayleigh Watson
Kayleigh Watson @kaylwattson
19 Feb 25

✨There's still time to grab a copy and support @journoresources's work and fellowship!

Journo Resources
Journo Resources @journoresources

🎉 Did you know our annual magazine is back? Support our work by grabbing a copy of #TheYearbook2025 for stellar long-reads by our fellows, plus the latest pay rates and our new batch of career help tools 🔗 https://t.co/rczdMygECb https://t.co/YX8OlmaPLS

Kayleigh Watson
Kayleigh Watson @kaylwattson
13 Feb 25

Cherry-picked @niasmithy @Sunday1994band and @PagsKennedy for #NME100 2025 – what an exciting year ahead of us! @NME

NME
NME @NME

Can you ever tell where a shooting star will land? That’s the question we ponder every year we compile the NME 100, a hundred new artists who are meteoric-in-the-making. Presenting this year's #NME100, our list of essential emerging artists for 2025: https://t.co/RcVL8iR9jg https://t.co/On3HbRR19l