Experience

Ottawa Citizen

• Canada
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reporter

  • May 2015 - Present

  Reporter at the Ottawa Citizen and a member of the smartphone app team. Reporting on local issues, federal affairs while writing mobile-original, voice-driven online content. Edit some copy, write and cover breaking news. Reporter at the Ottawa Citizen and a member of the smartphone app team. Reporting on local issues, federal affairs while writing mobile-original, voice-driven online content. Edit some copy, write and cover breaking news.



Low Down to Hull and Back News

• Staff reporter

  • Oct 2014 - May 2015

  Staff reporter at a community weekly. Shot photos, did layout, covered breaking news, municipal council and courts. Everything else, too: sports, automotive and special reports. Won Best Feature Story, Quebec Community Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Competition Awards, for a story about rescuing a loon from a freezing lake. Staff reporter at a community weekly. Shot photos, did layout, covered breaking news, municipal council and courts. Everything else, too: sports, automotive and special reports. Won Best Feature Story, Quebec Community Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Competition Awards, for a story about rescuing a loon from a freezing lake.



Edmonton Journal

• Canada
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reporter

  • May 2014 - Sep 2014

  Reporter covering local news. Reporter covering local news.



Postmedia Network Inc.

• Canada
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Reporting Intern

  • May 2013 - Jun 2013

  Covered national news and politics from the parliamentary bureau for Postmedia News. Covered national news and politics from the parliamentary bureau for Postmedia News.



Red Deer Advocate

• Canada
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reporting intern

  • Dec 2012 - Dec 2012

  Covered local news and Alberta politics for a daily newspaper. Filed daily news stories, in addition to photography, writing local news briefs and chasing breaking news. Covered local news and Alberta politics for a daily newspaper. Filed daily news stories, in addition to photography, writing local news briefs and chasing breaking news.



Strathcona County

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Facility Operator

  • Jul 2007 - Dec 2011

  Facility maintenance, snow clearing, ice maintenance, events setup and liaison. Drove a Zamboni ice resurfacer for hockey games and figure skating. Assisted with frontline customer service, guest orientation in addition to all other duties. Facility maintenance, snow clearing, ice maintenance, events setup and liaison. Drove a Zamboni ice resurfacer for hockey games and figure skating. Assisted with frontline customer service, guest orientation in addition to all other duties.