Resume
Reporting Experience:
September 2008- Present. Freelance Journalist.
-Work has appeared in Canadian Business, This Magazine, Design Edge, Green Living, Halifax Magazine, and Torontoist.
June 2008- September 2008. The Canadian Press.
Summer Reporter, Editor.
January 2008- April 2008. King’s Journalism Review.
Editorial Assistant, Media Reporter.
December 2007. CBCNews.ca.
News Intern.
April 2007- April 2008. Canadian University Press.
Features Bureau Chief.
September 2004- April 2007. The Watch student newspaper.
Editor-in-Chief, Staff Writer, Arts Editor.
Editorial Experience:
November 2009- Present. Yahoo! Canada.
Assistant Editor.
May 2007- August 2007. Canadian Living.
Editorial Intern.
November 2008- May 2009. bigmouthmedia.
Copy Editor.
Development Experience:
November 2007. Exercise Eurasian Star. Istanbul, Turkey.
Reporter, media trainer.
May 2006- June 2006. Youth Health Organisation. Gaborone, Botswana.
Development Intern.
Awards and Scholarships:
The Atlantic Journalism Awards Student Prize for Journalistic Excellence. 2008 Recipient for ‘Reporting from the Front Lines.’ (April 2008)
The John F. Godfrey Book Award. 2008 Recipient for contributions to the King’s School of Journalism.
Best News Writing: Third Place. The Canadian University Press Student Journalism Awards for ‘More Than a Dirty Finger.’ (November 2006).
The John F. Godfrey Scholarship for International Development. Fall 2006.
Education:
September 2004- May 2008. University of King’s College.
Bachelor of Journalism Honours. Gender and Women’s Studies.
January 2010. Ryerson University.
Flash for New Media.
Random:
June 2009. Trove. Siena, Italy.
Farmhand.
