Journalism Experience
Online writer/producer, CBCNews.ca
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
October 2011 – Present
Tape Manager, CBC Arts Unit
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sept 2011 & 2012 (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
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Hi Fabiola,
I’m a reporter with Radio Canada International based in Ottawa.
RCI broadcasts in eight languages on the internet, the main network and on short wave radio. I work both for the french and english section of RCI.
I’m doing a story about the reactions generated by the recent article in the Washington Post about Ottawa.
In my research, I came across your comment on the internet summarizing the article while solliciting input from people.
Would you be available for a short radio invu..not live…over the phone to share your comments? Have people responded?
You can reach me by email or by phone at 613-288-6556.
Best regards!
Val
Valérie Morand
National reporter
Ottawa bureau
Radio Canada International
613-288-6556
valerie.morand@radio-canada.ca
Hi Fabiola,
Great blog. I’d like to get in touch about your story, Unfinished Business. How can I reach you? Or you can reach me via e-mail provided here. Thanks, Kristen.
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Hi Fabiola,
I am a Photojournalism major at Metropolitan State College of Denver. I saw the title to your latest blog on the home page of wordpress and it got me interested. I am glad I decided to click on it because your whole set up has given me a better idea how to present myself on here. I’m very impressed by how many hits you have. I’m still a newbie to the whole blog thing. I started it to try and get my work and name out there. I’m planning on graduating in 2 years and I hope I can get as much experience as you have right now in that amount of time. Thank you for setting such a great example for me. I will continue to read what you post.
Hi Celeste, thanks for your comment. I really appreciate that you’ll be reading! Although my blog does relatively well, I can’t take all the credit for this latest bump in traffic. You’re right to mention the WordPress’ homepage feature – it made a very big difference!
The WordPress team has posted five ways to be next!
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/five-ways-to-get-featured-on-freshly-pressed/
Fabiola, where are you?? Email me. kim.honey@macleans.rogers.com