JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE

Global National – Producer     
Vancouver, Oct. 2016 – Present

• Pitching and producing compelling content for the flagship newscast of Canada’s Global Television network
• Writing voiceover scripts and contextual treatments for daily and breaking news coverage
• Reporting for explainer videos featured on the Global News YouTube channel and conventional broadcasts
• Conceptualizing visually-engaging graphic elements to enhance storytelling
• Producing live breaking news specials for the network, including the Prime Minister of Canada’s COVID-19 addresses
  to the nation and President Joe Biden’s election win
• Other duties include: chasing and producing one-on-one interviews, assigning reporters, script vetting, quality
  assurance and live control room producing of the daily newscast

Globalnews.ca – Online Journalist     
Vancouver, Apr. 2013 – Oct. 2016

• Reporting world news and providing current affairs analysis for Globalnews.ca
• Writing quick copy for breaking news coverage
• Researching and composing in-depth and longform feature content
• Monitoring social media for trending and developing stories and carrying out social media content verification
• Liaising with reporters to create online content for Global National and, on occasion, the investigative program 16×9
• Building and maintaining Global National’s social media following, live-blogging and overseeing special event
  coverage

Global Halifax — Web producer     
Halifax, January 2011 – March 2013

• Covering daily and breaking local news for the four Atlantic provinces from the Global News Halifax bureau
• On-air reporting and live hits on technology, social media and trending topics for Global Maritimes Evening News
• Developing and maintaining the social media presence of the regional bureau; live-blogging breaking news events

Accessible Media Inc. – Audio producer  
Fredericton, July 2010 to January 2011

• Producing and editing audio recordings of newspaper/magazine readings for the visually-impaired
• Coordinating a team of volunteer news readers and carrying out quality assurance on their recordings
• Creating special programming and longform segments related to life with vision or physical impairments

Peace Boat, Tokyo – Web reporter      
December 2009 – April 2010

• Sailing around the world on-board an educational cruise, writing compelling reports about the events, exchanges and experiences shared during the voyage
• Organizing workshops and events on a range of topics including human rights, LGBTQ2+ rights, disaster relief,
  animal rights, etc.
• Also participated in two previous Peace Boat voyages as an English instructor (2005 – 2006)

Xtra.ca, Fredericton – Freelance reporter   
Fredericton, August 2009 – December 2010

• The only freelance reporter covering LGBTQ+ issues for Xtra.ca in the province of New Brunswick

EDUCATION

University of King’s College – Bachelor of Journalism       
Halifax, August 2008 – May 2009

• Areas of study: television documentary, television reporting/production, newspaper reporting/production
• Produced a short documentary on young Hare Krishna monks sharing their spiritual message on the streets of
  Halifax, N.S.

St. Thomas University – Bachelor of Arts    
Fredericton, Sept. 1996 – May 2000

• Majors in English Literature and Spanish; minors in French and German; also studied theatre and film studies

ADDITIONAL SKILLS 

• WordPress, Chartbeat, Dataminr, live blogging tools, ENPS, Grass Valley editing software
• Photography and video using a Canon 70D DSLR camera
• Learning Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects and other Creative Cloud applications
• Languages: Arabic (early beginner), Spanish (basic-intermediate), Japanese (basic-intermediate), French (basic),
  German (very basic)

AREAS OF INTEREST

Human rights, climate change, natural disaster risk and response/relief, genocide studies, refugees and migration, LGBTQ+ rights, peacebuilding and conflict prevention, maritime piracy and crimes at sea, child soldiers, forced labour awareness, the mining/resources sector