Site Credits
Web Development: OM4
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Web Development: OM4
Design: Matt Leigh
Norman Burns has more than 30 years' experience in the media, ranging from newspaper reporting (general news, features and sport) to sub-editing, layout, production and even as one of the first graphic news journalists in New Zealand.
Norman spent seven years in Melbourne with Cybergraphic Systems (now Atex) as editorial analyst, "troubleshooter" and then in pre-sales, travelled a fair bit and saw a lot of newsrooms throughout the world.
He has also worked for Infostrada Sports, of Holland, at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, Rugby World Cup 2003, 2005 West Asian Games, and at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics as a games news service subeditor.
Since 2001, Norman has had stints at The West Australian, Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne), Sunday Times (sport) and as chief subeditor at Scoop Publishing. He currently freelances for multiple publications and websites, including www.srilankafood.net, Ocean Magazine (Sydney), MQ (BMW) Magazine and PRIMOLife Magazine (Perth).
Norman was also editor/ main writer for Wat.ch Australia, a sister magazine to Box.
In 2010 he spent three weeks as a Sports Information Specialist covering badminton for Infostrada Sports at the Delhi Commonwealth Games and five weeks as chief subeditor for the Asian Games News Service, run by Xinhua News Agency of China, in Guangzhou.
In 2011 he worked as chief subeditor for the World University Games News Service held in a very steamy Shenzhen.
In 2014, he worked as swimming/diving reporter for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games news service.
Outside of work, Norman's interests are the usual good stuff - food, entertaining, music, sport and travel - and, of course, time with his two children, Aidan and Maya, and partner Julie.
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