Katie O'Connor Email & Phone Number

I am an award-winning digital journalist with expertise in team leadership, communications strategy, video and podcast production.What I do:Guide a team crafting compelling podcast and video content that is smart, relevant, and impactful (Digital Publishing Award 2023 "Best Podcast: Arts, Culture, and Society", Digital Publishing Award 2022 "Best Podcast: Current Affairs", Canadian Association of Journalists Award 2021 "broadcast over 5 minutes").What I've done:Brainstorm, research, write, and produce thoughtful and shareable content, collaborating with colleagues and facilitating relationships with external stakeholders to grow our department from 4 to 10 series in two years.

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  Managing Editor, Podcasts And Digital Video

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  Jun 2022 - Present - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  I oversee a team making award winning podcasts and digital video.Most recently: “Extradition,” a podcast digging into the fate of a Canadian Uyghur refugee who is imprisoned in China; The Art of Sovereignty," a podcast exploring how eight First Nations artists reclaimed their voices through their work (2023 Digital Publishing Award "Best Podcast: Arts, Culture and Society"). "Screen Time," a podcast helping parents navigate the digital world, made in collaboration with Antica Productions. "Unascertained," a true crime podcast exploring the death of Soleiman Faqiri in an Ontario jail, produced in association with Innerspeak (2022 Digital Publishing Award "Best Podcast: Current Affairs", Canadian Association of Journalists Award "Broadcast Over Five Minutes").