Mel Croucher | Journalism

"I have been a jobbing journalist most of my working life. I know pride is a sin, so as a sinner I am proud never to have missed a deadline, or be successfully sued. Most of my work for the printed page appears under my own name, although if an editor finds themself in the shit with blank space to fill then I have never had a problem using a pseudonym. Editors gave up trying to proof my stuff years ago, and these days I seem to be able to write what I like. In return, I keep it reasonably legal, decent and honest. And, like Lord Reith said of the BBC, I reckon my function is to inform, educate and entertain."

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Mel Croucher | Journalism

COMPUTER SHOPPER ( , monthly, Dennis Publishing)
Features, Columnist (as ZYGOTE), and Commentator (as RANTS AND RAVES) continuously since Issue 1 in 1988.

NEW COMPUTER EXPRESS (1989-1990, weekly, Future Publishing)
Columnist and features writer.

ZZAP! (1985-1994, monthly, Newsfield)
Investigative journalism, interviews, features, and regular columns.

COMPUTER ACTION (1986-1990, monthly)
Features for Swedish language magazine.

CRASH (1984-1991, monthly, Newsfield)
Investigative journalism, interviews, features, and regular columns.

BANG (mid-1980s, weekly?)
Mel says it's all a bit of a blur, he did whatever he wanted, and Robin Evans did the artwork.

THE GAMES MACHINE (1987-1990, monthly, Newsfield)
Social commentator, quiz setter and features writer.

RADIO VICTORY and RADIO 210 MAGAZINES (1979-1981, Automata Cartography)
Publisher and editor.

BROADCAST WORK (various)
including Dispatches - The Day Of The Technopath (Channel 4), Woman's Hour (BBC Radio), The Magic Micro Mission (ITV), and the rubbish-on-demand dial-up series UNCLE MEL'S HOTLINE (weekly from 1987 to 1989).