Dorset Life is produced by an independent editorial team based in Dorset. Our journalism is commissioned and edited by Laura Hitchcock, working with Courtenay Hitchcock and a regular team of professional journalists, columnists, photographers and specialist contributors across the county.

Laura Hitchcock — Editor and co-owner
Laura has overarching editorial control of Dorset Life: commissions, edits and oversees all editorial output.
Contact her on [email protected]

Courtenay Hitchcock — Commercial Director, photographer and co-owner
In addition to being the first point of contact for advertising partnerships, Courtenay is an experienced professional photographer who takes the visual lead on photography features. He also conducts interviews and manages Dorset Life’s social media.

Sub-Editors
Gay Pirrie-Weir and Fanny Charles are Dorset Life’s experienced sub-editors, checking each page before publication – and objecting strongly to misplaced commas, incorrect facts, woolly sentence grammar and ellipses without spaces.

Regular journalists, columnists and specialist contributors

Rachael Rowe – journalist

Tracie Beardsley – features writer

Steve Keenan – journalist

Andrew Livingston – agricultural journalist

George Hosford – farming columnist and agricultural adviser

James Cossins – farming columnist

James Brinsford – history columnist

Jane Adams – wildlife writer

Tamsin Doar – equestrian columnist

Editorial independence
Dorset Life’s editorial coverage is commissioned and edited independently. Advertising and sponsored content are clearly identified as such.