Rachel Hamada

Biography:

Rachel Hamada is one of the founding editors of Mambo magazine. She has worked as a professional journalist for over 12 years, recently covering travel for publications in the UK, Canada and South Africa. She was previously assistant editor of Holyrood magazine, Scotland’s main political and parliamentary magazine, where she won an award from Amnesty International for reporting on refugee issues. She has also worked for Scottish newspapers, the Economist group and has experience in the fields of travel, business and technology journalism. She studied social and political science at Cambridge University, including a study of class in the book publishing industry, and then took a postgraduate diploma in journalism at City University in London. She also runs editing business Wordfundi.