CV
/// EDUCATION
2008 – 2010
The University of British Columbia—Vancouver, BC
Journalism, MJ
• Online video thesis project “On Corporate Graffiti”
• Courses included: Feature Writing, Advanced Television, International Reporting
2004 – 2008
The University of Western Ontario—London, ON
Media, information and technoculture (MIT), BA
• Political Science Minor
• Level 1 Writing Certificate
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/// JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
September 2011 – present
Discorder Magazine, that magazine from CiTR 101.9fm — Vancouver, BC
Under Review and associate editor
• Curate and edit album review section, edit for tone, content and style
• Report on up-and-coming Canadian independent music
January – July 2011
The Daily Times — Blantyre, Malawi
Journalists for Human Rights (jhr) media trainer
• Work with local journalists at a Malawian newspaper to produce investigative stories about human rights and good governance issues
• Copyedit pages and conduct journalism workshops
• Post entries to the Toronto Star‘s Africa Without Maps blog
September – December 2010
Discorder Magazine, that magazine from CiTR 101.9fm — Vancouver, BC
Under Review editor
• Curated and edited album review section
• Reported on up-and-coming Canadian independent music
February – September 2010
Broadband Network Three (BBN3) — Vancouver, BC
Video journalist
• Assembled three-minute video news packages for clients like CHEK TV
2008 – 2010
Megaphone Magazine, Vancouver’s Street Paper — Vancouver, BC
Associate editor
• Publish arts and news features that explore issues of poverty and social injustice
• Participate in bi-weekly production schedule
September 2009 – 2010
The Globe and Mail — Vancouver, BC + Bangkok, Thailand
Student producer
• Investigated environmental, social and health impacts of Thailand’s shrimp industry
• Specialized in multimedia producing, shooting and editing
• Published five-part web doc Cheap Shrimp, Hidden Costs
April 2009 – August 2009
Adbusters Magazine — Vancouver, BC
Editorial intern
• Wrote stories, blog posts, image captions and other copy for magazine and website
• Edited content for structure, tone, spelling and grammar
May 2007 – May 2008
The Gazette, daily student newspaper at The University of Western Ontario — London, ON
Full-time news editor
• Researched, wrote and edited articles for daily news section
• Trained, managed and recruited volunteer writers
Freelance work has also appeared in: The Vancouver Sun, OpenFile, The Block Magazine, Spin, The Tyee and The Dominion.
/// AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
• Nominated for the Online News Association Awards and Canadian Online Publishing Awards in the category of Online Video Journalism for the five-part web documentary Cheap Shrimp, Hidden Costs (2011)
• Recieved Gwyn and Aileen Gunn Bursary in Journalism (2009)
• Awarded Gazette Section of the Year (2008)
