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San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego, California, United States

Investigative reporter and government watchdog covering the U.S. Mexico border, Medical Board of California, military investigations and the courts.Awards: Emmy Award 2024 — Business/Consumer-News (Award given for investigation on burial at sea company)Emmy nomination 2024 — Team coverage: The End of Title 42 (Coverage at U.S. Mexico border)First place SJP Award 2024 (video category) investigative/enterprise story (Team 10 Exclusive: Doctor terminated after admitting to installing hidden camera in hospital restroom)First place SPJ Award 2024 (video category) Business/Consumer report (Heartache after a memorial company trusted with ashes goes dark)

San Diego, California, United States

Dayside reporter delivering lead stories for the station's shows at 4, 5, 6 & 7 p.m.

Winnipeg

I was a permanent staff reporter at Canada's national public broadcaster.From July 2018 - December 2022, I was the weekend national reporter in Winnipeg.I also served as a fill-in anchor for the Winnipeg station's 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts. My work ran on CBC TV and radio stations across Canada. It also appeared on CBC's flagship nightly newscast: The National, World Report and CBC News Network.Several stories I wrote for cbc.ca were the most read of the day attracting hundreds of thousands of engagement minutes apiece. Many outlets followed or matched my enterprise reporting including U.S. publications such as the New York Times and the Washington Post.Awards: •Breaking News (large market, digital): RTDNA Prairie Region (June 2023) (4 Indigenous women were victims of serial killer)•Excellence in Social RTDNA Prairie Region (June 2023) (Manitoba Municipal Election)•News – Live Special Events RTDNA Prairie Region (June 2023) (Manitoba Municipal Election)•Best TV Newscast RTDNA Prairie Region (Large Market) (May 2022)•Regional Investigative RTDNA Award (TV - May 2021) (Canadian Museum for Human Rights forced staff to censor gay content)•National RTDNA Ron Laidlaw Award (Digital - May 2018) (Frostbitten refugee will lose fingers, toe after 7-hour trek to cross U.S.-Canada border)Previous beats: Immigration, crime, cannabis legalization, provincial politics

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

•Filed several national online stories that were the most read of the day on cbc.ca•Pushed breaking news alerts to the CBC News app•Wrote urgent short breaking stories quickly as they unfolded•Crafted SEO headlines that drew traffic to the regional news site•Pitched original story ideas that were picked up nationally •Copy edited colleagues' stories from other CBC locations across Canada•Used freedom of information laws to generate original stories•Updated station's social accounts with CBC content

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

•Produced interviews for Winnipeg's #1 rated morning show: CBC Information Radio•Generated original story ideas that led Radio One programs and were published on cbc.ca•Booked and interviewed guests for Radio Noon and Up to Speed•Edited tape with quick turnarounds to run on the station's 3 current affairs shows

Winnipeg, Canada Area

•Reported as a freelancer for Metro News, a former major chain of daily newspapers •Pitched original innovative stories from a human rights lens •Filed articles and photography for national publication in 7 Canadian cities

Selkirk, Manitoba

The Selkirk Record is an award-winning newspaper that is thriving in rural Manitoba. I was instrumental in helping the paper receive the ‘Best All Around Newspaper’ award from the Manitoba Community Newspaper Association during my tenure as a reporter for the publication. The paper also received two awards for having the best front page and exceptional reporting for a separate article I wrote on a fatal police shooting.•Found and reported 10 stories a week for this community newspaper •Shot front-page DSLR photos to accompany my written articles•Reported for the Selkirk Record’s three sister newspapers•Proofread the newspaper before print dayAwards:•Best All Around Newspaper - Manitoba Community Newspaper Association (2016)•Best Front Page - Manitoba Community Newspaper Association (2016)•Harry Mardon Memorial Award - Manitoba Community Newspaper Association (2016)

Selkirk, Manitoba

Gimli

I helped launch this brand new weekly newspaper in 2014 in Manitoba's Interlake. Once it was up and running, I wrote features, covered the 2014 flood and assigned a freelance photographer.

Diploma, Creative Communications

I received five awards while attending the highly-competitive Creative Communications program at Red River College, where I majored.

Bachelor’S Degree, Rhetoric, Writing, And Communications

I majored in human rights at the University of Winnipeg while taking the school's four-year joint communications program with Red River.