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Curriculum Vitae

Journalism Jobs

Edmonton Journal / Edmonton Sun – Multimedia Journalist

January 2020 to present, Edmonton AB

• General assignment newspaper reporter covering the news of the day with a focus on crime
• Top crime feature story saw more than 300,000 unique PV in a single day, the top story across the Postmedia chain
• Flexible and multi-skilled reporter. Covers a wide range of topics, including: municipal and provincial issues, COVID-19, features, social issues, community, and court.

NEWS 1130 CKWX – Web Editor/Radio Reporter

August 2018 - December 2019, Vancouver B.C.

•  Winner: (2019) Regional Edward R. Murrow award, Multimedia, Large Market - Radio for citynews1130.com. Part of the award-winning digital team reporting breaking news, diving deep with investigative and data journalism, and analysis.
• Finalist: (2019) Regional RTDNA Data Storytelling award for original reporting: “Elevators at 20 SkyTrain stations out of service for more than 30 days in 2019 ‘unacceptable’: advocate.”

• Reported breaking news for radio, online and social media platforms with speed and accuracy

• Use gathered audio and reporters' radio scripts to convert on-air stories into online stories, supplement reporting

• Market-leading enterprise and investigative stories by developing sources

• Municipal and federal election coverage

• Data journalism using social media data mining

Burnaby NOW / New West Record – Reporter

March - August 2019, Burnaby B.C.

• Full-time temporary contract from mid-March to June 2018. Saturdays from June-August. Beats included: Kinder Morgan/Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, environment, city hall, community, arts.
• Previously completed a two-week internship and temporary paid work after graduation from Langara College in May 2017.

Freelance reporter and columnist

Vancouver & Squamish B.C.

Squamish Chief – Regular freelance reporter for much of 2018 covering municipal and community stories. City hall columnist. Feature writer for Discover Squamish magazine.

• BBC Outlook – Reported/produced a podcast episode/mini-doc about a White Rock man who helps people find their lost rings. (May 2019)

• Huffington Post Canada – reported a long-form feature for a series on Canada's logging industry (Prince George, B.C. 2019)

• CBC Vancouver's North by Northwest – reported/produced mini-doc/podcast episode "Holiday Toys" for North by Northwest in Dec. 2016. The episode was first created for the radio journalism class at Langara College.

Victoria News – Multimedia Journalist

August 2017 - January 2018

• Community newspaper reporter covering city hall, courts and community stories. Page layout and copyediting.

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