Belinda Parkes is a freelance journalist and sub-editor with more than 20 years’ media experience across newspapers, magazines and digital media. Belinda has had a love affair with words from a young age, having written a song at age five, a chapter book at age nine and had her first newspaper article published at 16. She still has a passion for the stories of inspirational people and organisations.|Belinda Parkes is a freelance journalist and sub-editor with more than 20 years’ media experience across newspapers, magazines and digital media. Belinda has had a love affair with words from a young age, having written a song at age five, a chapter book at age nine and had her first newspaper article published at 16. She still has a passion for the stories of inspirational people and organisations.