Resume

Journalism Experience

Online writer, CBCNews.ca
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
October 2011 – Present

Tape Manager, CBC Arts Unit
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sept 2011 (During the Toronto International Film Festival)

Editorial Assistant, Joan Donaldson CBC News Scholarship
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
May 2011 – Sept 2011

General Assignment Reporter, work/study internship
The Globe and Mail, B.C. bureau
November 2010

Staff Reporter, Radio Room Internship
The Toronto Star
May 2010 – August 2010

General Assignment Reporter, work/study internship
The Tyee (Vancouver-based online daily)
February 2010

Campus Reporter
The Thunderbird (UBC school of journalism website)
October 2009 – April 2010

Campus reporter and photographer
The Ubyssey (UBC weekly student newspaper)
October 2009 – April 2010

Features and News Editor, writer, cartoonist
MacMedia Magazine (York University monthly student magazine)
October 2006 – May 2009

Freelance Work

• The Toronto Star (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
• Schema Magazine (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
• The Tyee (1) (2) (3) (4)
• Open File (1) (2)
• The Grid (1)
• This Magazine (1)

Education

Master of Journalism
UBC School of Journalism
Sept 2009 – May 2011

Bachelor of Arts: Professional Writing, Communication Studies
York University
Summa Cum Laude
Sept 2003 – June 2009

Skills

• Writing concise copy while following appropriate style guide(s)
• Shooting and editing photographs and video to professional standards
• Recording and editing digital audio to professional standards
• Navigating a variety of interconnected editing programs
• Blogging and maximizing the potential of social networking tools
• Line editing for grammar, style, and accuracy
• Hand-drawing cartoons and caricatures
• Speaking fluent Spanish and conversational French

Awards and honours

• Helen Badenoch Scholarship (2011)
• Stephen J.A. Ward Prize in Journalism Ethics (2011)
• Joan Donaldson CBC News Scholarship (2011)
• Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program, SSHRC (2011)
• The James L. & Donald A. Duncan Fellowship (2009)
• Teaching-Assistantship, Undergraduate New Media & Society course (2009)
• The Kraavor Clark Conan Award for Contribution to Office Merriment (2008)
• The Danny Ciraco Award for Alacrity and Editorial Spirit (2007)

Community Service

• Green Team, Green College UBC – Blogger and volunteer
• Save the Children, York University – VP Communications
• Sexual Assault Survivors Support Line, York University  – crisis call taker
• Katimavik Volunteer Program, cross-Canada tour:
  - City Hall and Black Gold Recreational Center, Leduc, AB
  - L’Amitient Socio-therapeutic Farm, St. Jovite, QC
  - Bathurst High School, Bathurst, NB
• Peace by Peace: conflict resolution education, York University – youth worker