Experience

Great West Media L.P.

• Canada
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor at Cochrane Eagle

  • Apr 2022 - Present



Airdrie City View/Rocky View Weekly

• Airdrie, Alberta, Canada

• Editor

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  Roles include: -Generating story and content ideas for two weekly newspapers and a news website -Monitoring social media channels and web analytics daily -Assigning stories and delegating responsibilities to other reporters for coverage -Supervising and coaching reporters -Editing copy for both papers -Contributing writing and photography for both weekly papers and website -Proof reading and approving laid-out pages for both weekly papers -Setting editorial direction and making decisions for each paper -Scheduling online daily posting of stories/content to maximize web traffic Show less



AFTN.ca

• Canada

• Contributor

  • Jan 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Contributing articles and photos to AFTN.ca, a Vancouver-based blog and podcast that focuses on professional, semi-professional and collegiate soccer in Canada. • Covering the Canadian Premier League's Calgary-based team, Cavalry FC, as well as Calgary's USL2 club, Foothills FC U23. • Contributing articles and photos to AFTN.ca, a Vancouver-based blog and podcast that focuses on professional, semi-professional and collegiate soccer in Canada. • Covering the Canadian Premier League's Calgary-based team, Cavalry FC, as well as Calgary's USL2 club, Foothills FC U23.



Airdrie City View and Rocky View Weekly community newspapers

• Airdrie, Canada

• News/sports reporter

  • Jul 2018 - Dec 2020

  Roles include: • Covering Airdrie City council meetings and Rocky View Schools board of trustees meetings. • Writing general-assignment news stories about Airdrie and Rocky View County. • Attending, photographing, and reporting on the games and competitions involving Airdrie and Rocky View County sports teams. • Writing features and human interest stories involving Airdrie and Rocky View County athletes and residents. • Photographing community events. • Generating and pitching story ideas for the two papers. • Writing columns for the two papers' opinion sections. • Assisting with copy editing and proof reading. • Social media monitoring and engagement with readers. Show less



Comox Valley Record

• Comox Valley, Vancouver Island

• Multimedia reporter

  • Aug 2017 - Jun 2018

  Roles included: • General assignment news and sports reporting with a handful of speciality beats, including Cumberland Village Council, School District 71 and the Comox Valley Regional District. • Assisting the rest of the editorial department with pagination (using Adobe InDesign), proof reading and editing. • Writing stories for and laying out the business section of the print newspaper. • Editing and laying out the weekly "Beefs and Bouquets" section of the print newspaper. • Social media engagement with readers. • Pitching story ideas. • Shooting and editing videos for Black Press TV. • Creating photo galleries of community events for the Record's website. Show less



Gauntlet Publications Society

• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• News Editor

  • May 2016 - Apr 2017

  Roles included:• Writing and editing stories for the Gauntlet’s news section.• Verifying facts, dates, and statistics. • Reading/proof reading volunteer-written stories to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.• Developing and coming up with ideas for news stories.• Attending various student government or university administration committee/council meetings to find story ideas. • Keeping abreast of local/provincial/national news, in order to report on and localize issues at the student level.• Attending weekly staff meetings and pitching ideas for each print issue's editorial.• Training and supervising new volunteer reporters.• Laying out the weekly news section of the paper, using Adobe InDesign• Assigning stories and beats to individual reporters. Show less

• News Assistant

  • May 2014 - Apr 2016

  Roles included:• Writing at least one news story per week for the Gauntlet • Pitching story ideas to the news editor• Attending weekly Students' Legislative Council meetings to find story ideas• Attending weekly editorial board meetings• Assisting the Gauntlet News editor with various tasks, when necessary



German Studies Department of University of Calgary

• Calgary, Canada Area

• Student Group Leader

  • Jan 2016 - Apr 2016

  Roles included: Roles include: • Attending and taking notes at various sections of first-year German courses at the University of Calgary • Planning and coordinating multiple (mandatory) group study sessions for first-year German students • Assisting first-year German students with their study habits Roles included: Roles include: • Attending and taking notes at various sections of first-year German courses at the University of Calgary • Planning and coordinating multiple (mandatory) group study sessions for first-year German students • Assisting first-year German students with their study habits



University of Calgary Dinos Athletics

• Calgary, Canada Area

• Communications Assistant

  • Aug 2015 - Mar 2016

  Roles included: • Writing recaps for the Dinos website of home games for the men’s soccer team, women’s field hockey team and women’s volleyball team. • Covering athletics events involving Dinos swimming, wrestling, track & field and cross-country teams. • Writing press releases for events, competitions and games for the aforementioned teams Roles included: • Writing recaps for the Dinos website of home games for the men’s soccer team, women’s field hockey team and women’s volleyball team. • Covering athletics events involving Dinos swimming, wrestling, track & field and cross-country teams. • Writing press releases for events, competitions and games for the aforementioned teams