EDUCATION
Master of Journalism, with a focus on multimedia production and digital skills (2013, University of King's College). Bachelor of Journalism Honours, with combined honours in International Development Studies (2011, University of King's College, Dalhousie).
ABOUT ME
I am a freelance journalist, writer and editor currently based out of Calgary, AB. I am a registered member of the Canadian Association of Journalists and have experience working across multiple platforms (web, print, radio, television). I specialize in multimedia production and digital content curation. I love coming up with new ways to use technology to tell stories.
SPECIALTIES
Interviewing, writing, copy editing (CP Style) filing information (FOI) requests, public records research, audience and content management (social media), SEO and web analytics, basic HTML and web design, blogging, online content curation, audio and video editing, photography and photo editing
FREELANCE EXPERIENCE
Open Rights Group Zine, The Chronicle Herald, Media Q, The Globe and Mail, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Haligonia.ca,The Burnside News, Business Voice Magazine, The Nova Scotia Business Journal, The Halifax Media Co-op, The Dalhousie Gazette, King's Journalism Review, UNews.ca, Streetfeat: Voice of the Poor.
PASSIONS
I love writing, blogging and creating multimedia content for the web. My favourite topics are culture, community and technology (and how they affect each other!). I love using new curation tools like Storify and Scribblelive to tell stories in a different way.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, Word, Sharepoint), Adobe CS5, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Audacity, Voddio (for mobile editing), Wordpress, Google Maps,Google Analytics, Hootsuite, Tableau Public, Spundge, ScribbleLive, Storify, Drupal, NewsGate