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Freelance reporter working for the Washington Post, the Guardian, This American Life and several Canadian outlets.

Editor of Canadian general-interest quarterly magazine.

Reporter covering crime, Toronto's school system and other news from across Canada.Covered Ontario teachers' labour dispute in 2015, increasing gun violence in Toronto, political battles among police, and the first wave of Canada's refugee resettlement effort.In-depth education stories explored the culture wars over Ontario's new sex-ed curriculum, which led many families to pull their children out of public school and enrol them in Islamic schools.

Online-only reporter for cbc.ca, writing original stories about Nova Scotia.

General-assignment reporter covering daily news in eastern Canada's biggest newsroom.Also wrote investigative features, including looks at -skyrocketing on-the-job injuries among healthcare workers (2011)-why Nova Scotians who move away for work are shut out of jobs back home (2013)-minors pimped and trafficked out of Halifax (2014)-a risky plan to ship Alberta crude from Nova Scotia shores (2014)Covered Rehtaeh Parsons story (2013) with several in-depth pieces on police actions, a stabbing related to the case, and sex ed in Nova Scotia schools.

Quebec reporter for the Associated Press, 2011. Covered the NDP's surprise sweep of the province in the Canadian federal election and William and Kate's royal visit to Montreal and Quebec City.Cover story "Getting Plowed" in Montreal's Maisonneuve magazine (Dec. 2011) exposed bid-rigging and violence in the city's snowplow industry.Wrote occasionally for publications across Canada and the U.S., including The Guardian, The Daily and OpenFile.

Reported on New York municipal and state health policy for political weekly City & State. Covered public health campaigns, federal health reform and the effects of the state budget crisis on local hospitals. Also covered congressional campaigns, the 2009 New York City elections and Albany's battle over same-sex marriage.