Jon Sutton

writer & producer

About

Eight years ago, approaching forty, I started a second career as a writer. Having spent two decades in data management, I already had an eye for analysis, but my love of language - and a fondness for films, fights and fitness - allowed me to add a little flavour to the facts. I now split my time between writing scripts, magazine columns & mental/physical health reports and I've recently launched a new podcast called Films, Fights & … Read More about About

Reporting

The majority of my career was spent in business intelligence for the big banks. Essentially, it was my job to dig into the data and find the story behind the stats. So when I first left that job, six years ago, the obvious new career path was reporting. What better way to combine an understanding of statistics, analysis and group-thought with my love of writing and research? I first set up as a freelance boxing journalist, working for several … Read More about Reporting

Film

  Just before leaving my job six years ago, a local arts centre hosted a contest to find and produce a short film. So I grafted out a script over coffees at dawn and whiskies at midnight - about a young boxer with a life changing secret - and I was lucky enough to be selected as the winner. This process re-ignited the fire in me which was first lit as a kid at his school-desk, dreaming of … Read More about Film

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