Andrea (Andy) Macdonald Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

●Create podcasts that enhance Toronto Star journalism and leverage the Star’s most compelling stories.● Coach hosts, chase guests, script and craft lineups.● Strategize and execute digital promotion.● Develop best practices.● Compile and analyze audience data.● Responsible for thestar.com homepage, curate and edit the lineup of thestar.com on desktop and tablet and mobile apps.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Produce the Opinion, Business, Wheels, Properties, Book-ish and Travel sections within Star Touch tablet app• Develop stories, columns and opinion pieces into dynamic digital touch screens• Manage content and a team of designers• Work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven news environment

Toronto, Canada Area

• Developed tablet screens of simple and medium complexity• Collaborated with Tablet Producers and others to implement the journalistic and design vision for each screen• Edited copy• Wrote display copy (headlines, decks, captions, etc.)• Used appropriate story-telling tools to convey information, including pictures, videos, info-graphics, maps and photo galleries• Embeded audio, video and image files• Calibrated content before publication to enrich the user experience

Toronto, Canada Area

• Write and publish local, national and international news for CTVnews.ca.• Work closely with radio and television• Write a high volume of articles per day• Edited photos for online stories

Toronto, Canada Area

• Wrote descriptive video scripts from popular television shows and movies for voice over artists

Toronto, Canada Area

• Researched and pitched story ideas• Found, pre-interviewed and prepped guests• Wrote scripts and prepared background info for host• Cut and edited audio clips

Toronto

• Researched and chased guests for news show hosts• Wrote news scripts• Cut and edited video• Wrote banners and created graphics• Worked closely with the social media team• Occasionally filled in as senior producer to put the show to air

Toronto, Canada Area

• Wrote web content on a variety of topics• Conducted research and created topic proposals for articles• Worked with web content strategies and SEO practices

Toronto, Canada Area

• Wrote and published local, national and international news for CBC.ca.• Worked closely with radio and television• Wrote a high volume of articles per day• Contributed regularly to the social media team• Cut video and pushed it to the website• Edited photos for online stories• Wrote blog posts• Posted to, and managed, social media platforms

Toronto, Canada Area

• Managed and maintain the agenda of the CEO• Organized, prepare, and coordinate various meetings and events ensure all required materials and catering requirements are provided• Planned and prepare documents for meetings• Took minutes of meetings and tracking action items• Provided administrative support to the senior executives and the client• Worked with sensitive data• Reconciled senior executive's credit card expense statements on a monthly basis• Booked travel plans for CEO, staff and guests

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

• Developed curricula for different levels of learning, improving class function• Wrote a textbook/workbook to assist students with grammar lessons• Taught grammar and spelling to ESL students, adjusting materials to individual needs

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

• Cultivated unique story ideas, which served as a guide for the ex-pat community• Wrote concise, snappy stories for the magazine, contributing to content for the on-line version• Interviewed business owners and patrons, using resourceful measures to communicate through language barriers• Established contacts throughout the community, which led to more colourful and interesting features• Arranged photo shoots to highlight feature subjects

Toronto, Canada Area

• Booked and pre-interviewed guests, preparing them for live broadcast• Gathered research on timely topics and pitched potential guests• Created accurate show notes for host, ensuring deadlines were met• Participated in daily production meetings, contributing creative ideas

Ottawa, Canada Area

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Developed weekly stories about military life, without missing deadlines• Verified facts and data for all news releases with potential for story material• Compiled research and interviewed sources for required information• Photographed subjects to compliment stories

• Wrote stories on community events/issues for the city desk.• Attended story meetings and developed original story ideas.• Updated contact files and shadowed senior writers.• Met daily deadlines; compiled articles from press releases and wire stories.

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Wrote community interest stories on a weekly basis• Created pages with QuarkXPress, and adjusted photos using Adobe Photoshop• Gathered information and updated contact files on data base

Print Journalism

Activities and Societies: President Xi Delta Theta SororityCourses taken: Newspaper Design, Magazine Composition and Layout, Copy Writing.

Middle Eastern Studies

Activities and Societies: President Xi Delta Theta SororityCourses taken: Political Science, Religion, Middle Eastern, History, Arabic.

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