Experience

Yahoo

• Australia
• Online Media
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Editor

  • Aug 2023 - Present



CTV News

• Canada
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Managing Digital Producer

  • May 2022 - Aug 2023

  Lead the editorial agenda for CTVNews.ca, a team of 25 writers and producers. Set priorities for the day, assigned writers and worked with senior producers to ensure delivery of content. Handled homepage management, including headline A/B testing, and maximized reach of stories through SEO, social strategies and pitching to third-party partners. Lead the editorial agenda for CTVNews.ca, a team of 25 writers and producers. Set priorities for the day, assigned writers and worked with senior producers to ensure delivery of content. Handled homepage management, including headline A/B testing, and maximized reach of stories through SEO, social strategies and pitching to third-party partners.



Narcity Media Group

• Canada
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Western Canada Editor

  • Jul 2021 - May 2022

  Building a team from the ground-up. Identify and assign stories to reporters, create better workflows for content publishing strategies. Lead editorial meetings in the morning and afternoon to see what people are working on and suggest ideas. Directly manage a news team of 4 members, run brainstorming sessions, and ensure breaking news is reported in a timely manner. Recruiting new talent to help with an expansion into western Canada. Building a team from the ground-up. Identify and assign stories to reporters, create better workflows for content publishing strategies. Lead editorial meetings in the morning and afternoon to see what people are working on and suggest ideas. Directly manage a news team of 4 members, run brainstorming sessions, and ensure breaking news is reported in a timely manner. Recruiting new talent to help with an expansion into western Canada.



CTV News

• Canada
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Social Media Producer, CTV News

  • Jun 2020 - Jul 2021

  Split role between the digital CTV News team and assigning social media tasks to CTV National News’ correspondents across the U.K., Washington, New York, Los Angeles, and across Canada. Collaborated with both the CTV News and CTV National News teams and leverage the social media channels to promote newscasts, reports, and exclusive online stories. For the digital team, I curated and managed the social media strategy for multiple channels across CTV News, W5, and CTV National News. Working with the digital and broadcast teams. I created media partnerships with LinkedIn and the Twitter Moments team to drive content views/visibility while also working with a third-party artificial intelligence company to try and maximize the performance of posts on social media. Organized and executed live interviews on Facebook and Instagram to help reach new audiences and promote the CTV News brand. Show less



Yahoo! News

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Editor, News and Frontpage

  • Jun 2019 - Jun 2020

  Managed the homepage and news sections of the Yahoo Canada website, editing content on both verticals and also editing some sport, style and finance articles. Used real-time analytics system Maw to track the performance of stories, monitor headline tests to maximize stories’ potential to ensure daily KPIs are achieved. Grew weekend traffic to the website by implementing a new strategy which included posting stories outside of the regular 9am-5pm, and tailoring certain stories for particular times of the day. Collaborated with the leads of other verticals to plan original content for the weekend and contribute to the treatment of the article to ensure it is engaging, promotes recirculation to other stories, and contains visuals. Show less



Trinity Mirror plc

• Digital Publishing Editor

  • May 2018 - May 2019

• Head of Audience Engagement

  • Oct 2016 - Apr 2018

• Live Blog Editor

  • Nov 2014 - Oct 2016

  I run the breaking news blog on www.chroniclelive.co.uk - one of a number of roles created as part of a journalism digital project called Newsroom 3.1.I cover crashes, fires, traffic and travel as well as promoting stories on the website and running separate live blogs for major events.



Newsquest

• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief Reporter

  • Mar 2014 - Oct 2014

  Chief Reporter on the Chard & Ilminster News newspaper, also co-ordinating www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk , www.yeovilexpress.co.uk and their Facebook and Twitter accounts. In charge of finding front page stories, compiling weekly newslists, delegating some stories out to other reporters and writing stories of my own.

• News and Sport reporter at the Somerset County Gazette

  • Jul 2011 - Mar 2014

  I am involved on the newsdesk so I cover anything from breaking news (car crashes/fatalities/fires) to schools events, flower shows and human interest stories. I also cover sport for two papers covering anything from football, rugby and cricket to martial arts, golf, netball, archery and skittles!



The Sentinel newspaper

• Freelance sport reporter

  • Jul 2010 - Jun 2011

  Freelance sports reporter covering Stoke City FC, Port Vale FC, cricket, snooker, darts and athletics for their daily edition. Freelance sports reporter covering Stoke City FC, Port Vale FC, cricket, snooker, darts and athletics for their daily edition.



Northern District Times

• Epping, Sydney

• Reporter

  • Mar 2008 - Mar 2008

  I worked voluntarily for a local Australian newspaper during a 10-month stint in Sydney. I conducted vox pops, page leads, and worked on their sport pages. I worked voluntarily for a local Australian newspaper during a 10-month stint in Sydney. I conducted vox pops, page leads, and worked on their sport pages.