Steve Hart Media

Hello and welcome.

I’m a journalist, podcaster, and hobby video-maker, based in Melbourne, Australia.

My career in the media began in the UK when I joined my local hospital radio station. In my mid-twenties I landed a job in the newsroom of my local weekly, and it wasn’t long before I became a senior journalist, section editor, rose to chief sub editor, and occasional deputy editor responsible for 14 regional newspapers every week (distribution one million copies).

I worked as a freelance researcher / writer for Private Eye magazine, was a stringer for News of the World, Daily Mirror, Thames News TV, and worked in the newsrooms of both BBC Local and Essex Radio.

Prior to leaving the UK for New Zealand in 2000 I was managing editor at a contract publishing house in London, helping clients keep their employees and customers informed via a range of quality magazines.

Having arrived at The New Zealand Herald I was first chief sub editor of its daily business section, and then – during the course of seven years – travel editor, careers section editor, and left as managing editor commercial publications.

What followed was a long period of freelancing where I wrote for dozens of New Zealand magazines and managed a range of trade and retail publications covering investing, photography, and engineering.

In addition to my solid print and online journalism skills, I have experience in producing video and audio programs, occasionally record voice overs, and am well-versed in WordPress.

I recorded my first podcast in 2008 about the weekly ups and downs of the New Zealand sharemarket, and went on to front the Podcasting Made Easy podcast – I wrote the popular self-help book of the same name.

In 2022 I relocated to Melbourne, Australia.

In my spare time I volunteer at my local community radio station, and record syndicated radio show Just Jazz.