Stephen Neale is a journalist, and owner of cabbageMedia.com

He is a contributor to Xinhua News Agency, The New Economy, World Finance, EuropeanCEO, Estates Review, primelocation.com, YourTradingEdge.

Stephen was the first UK freelance journalist employed in London by the Chinese state news agency Xinhua.

He was the first journalist on the scene at Aldgate station during the London bombings on July 7, 2005, when his eye witness account was broadcast live on BBC radio around the world.

His feature on one of the Aldgate survivors won several national journalism awards.

Industry awards include:

• Reporter of the Year – East of England, Hold the Front Page/EDF, 2007

• Best Campaigning Journalist, Newspaper Society, 2006

• Best Feature Writer (runner-up), Newspaper Society

2006

• Reporter of the Year – East of England (runner-up) Hold the Front Page/EDF, 2006

• Best Feature Writer (runner-up), Newspaper Society, 2005 – and many more.

A former lecturer in journalism at South East Essex College (University of Essex), he speaks at events and workshops hosted by central government departments and regional crime managers.

He is also author and publisher of Hotels on Water and Campsites on Water