Factory Worker, Warren's Blacking Warehouse (1824)
Law clerk, Ellis and Blackmore (1827-1828)
Court reporter (1828-1831)
Parliament reporter, The Mirror of Parliament (1831-1834)
Reporter, The Morning Chronicle (1834-1836)
Editor, Bentley's Miscellany (1837-1839)
Editor and Writer, Master Humphrey's Clock (1840-1841)
Editor and Writer, All the Year Round (1859-1870)