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Maina Flintham Hjelde

section- editor

Maina Flintham Hjelde
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Location
Edinburgh
Education
Edinburgh University
Expertise

guides, opinion pieces, gossip, fashion, lifestyle, education, politics, food, culture, religion, books, film, art, music

  • Maina is the features editor for the Edinburgh University Tab. This means she oversees everything that isn't news from guides to opinion pieces. As well as contributing her own articles to The Tab, Maina edits a wide variety of feature articles from the writers and prepares a list of pitches…
  • Maina's area of expertise is in opinion pieces as she feels passionately about giving students a voice in all things from current events to their favourite coffee shops
  • In her spare time, Maina enjoys reading and exercising her creativity in several ways from drawing to creative writing. She also loves travelling the world and is passionate about learning about different cultures and ways of life

Experience

Maina joined the Edinburgh Tab as a writer in her third year at university and contributed regularly with articles. As well as publishing a weekly clubbers of the wee article, Maina also helped kickstart What are you Wearing Wednesdays on The Tab Edinburgh instagram. Maina became the features editor in her fourth year at university and now comes up with pitches and ideas for other writers as well as editing their work

Education

Maina attended school in North London and is in her final year at Edinburgh University finishing her undergraduate degree in Religious Studies and English Literature

THE TAB'S EDITORIAL POLICIES

The Tab's journalism is brought to you by young reporters who like being first. On university campuses, our writers deliver local news you care about. At The Tab HQ, our experienced journalists write about everything from breaking news to politics to pop culture to TikTok trends to the latest entertainment and celeb gossip. Our aim is to deliver sharp, original, and agenda-setting journalism to young people. All our stories are fact checked and sources verified. Further information on our editorial policies and processes can be found here.

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