Journalist, editor, features writer, columnist and creative with focuses on race, lifestyle, travel, media, youth culture and social politics, Charlie is a Senior Staff Editor @nytimes.
Charlie is also the Co-Editor of Black Joy (Penguin) and Editor of the book Mother Country: Real Stories of the Windrush Children (Hachette), a leading new exploration of the Windrush generation featuring David Lammy, Lenny Henry, Corinne Bailey Rae, Sharmaine Lovegrove, Hannah Lowe, Jamz Supernova, Natasha Gordon and Rikki Beadle-Blair.
Formerly the head of editorial at gal-dem, a writer and former editor at Dazed and a Guardian freelancer. Charlie has written columns for the Observer, ipaper and Metro and freelance for a variety of publications, including Easyjet Magazine and the Financial Times. Experienced panellist and speaker on radio and TV. Commercial clients include Exposure, Nike and Channel 4.
Scott Trust Bursary alumnus, and winner of the 2017 Georgina Henry Award for Innovation in Journalism.