Maya Short

Features Editor

Location

Cardiff

Education

Cardiff University

Expertise

Features, student experience, University lifestyle, nightlife, student activities, social stories, breaking news, Cardiff life, social media

Maya Short is the features editor at The Tab Cardiff. She has an exciting role that entails writing often fun Cardiff specific stories from around the university.
Maya’s area of expertise for writing is mostly features surrounding student experiences at Cardiff. She aims to bring a witty and insightful knowledge of student life. She is interested in shedding insight into fascinating topics and more widely enjoys travel journalism.
Maya enjoys reading, music and a good pub garden. She also loves a hike and overseas adventures

Experience

Maya Short joined the Tab in 2023 after her first year at Cardiff University. Having studied Journalism and English Literature for 2 years and showing a keen interest in the Tab she succeeded in getting the role of features editor for her third and final year at Cardiff.

Education

Maya is currently studying a BA joint honours for Journalism, Media and English Literature at Cardiff University. She has a keen interest in extra curricular surrounding the area of journalism and her upcoming modules will continues to improve her writing and journalistic education.

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.

Posts

A guide to the Cardiff Uni traits that you should have given up for lent

Maya Short

Guides
CARDIFF

All the unhealthy habits that should have been dropped this lent

You did these 10 things in Freshers’ week, congrats you’re officially a Cardiff student

Maya Short & Isabelle Glover

Guides
CARDIFF

Think you’re a certified Cardiff University student? Read this and think again