As part of the Canadian Government's Local Journalism Initiative, reporting for the Orangeville Banner with a focus on the Municipal Affairs beat, as well as covering other stories of local interest as assigned.

- Create detailed vehicle descriptions for AutoTrader/Dealership web listings using vehicle information provided by the dealerships, and highlighting key functions and features of each vehicle.- Photograph all pre-owned vehicles, edit, and upload to listings.- Complete additional side projects as assigned.

- Began in a freelance capacity in 2012, and started reporting full-time in 2013- Provided coverage of all local events and beats including police news and political issues, such as Town Council and County Council.- Duties included photography to accompany articles and run on the cover.Conducted in-depth interviews with necessary subjects, community groups, andofficials.- Sole reporter for the paper between June 2014-September 2016.- Stepped into News Editor role from November 2015-September 2016.- Produced monthly content for side publications related to business, realestate, and automotive news.- As News Editor, along with regular Staff Reporter responsibilities, assisted with ad bookings and press booking, as well as pagination for both the Orangeville Citizen and it’s counterpart, The Caledon Citizen. - Directed new clients to the appropriate sales staff and passed along non-house-account ad bookings. - Assisted with providing direction for freelance writers.

Producing regular articles assigned by the editor. On-call for event and hard-news coverage. Developing and completing story ideas with photography to accompany.

Covered community events, writing engaging content to share with the local community. Took photographs, produced content for monthly automotive section, and engaged with community members and businesses to build relationships.

- Responsible for managing staff, including scheduling, opening and closing store, and product ordering.- Met and exceeded weekly sales and up-sale goals.- Fostered relationships with customers to create a return-shopper friendly atmosphere.- Completed in-store marketing, including moving displays and rearranging the store based on current designs from head-office.

- Managed Social Media feeds, interacted with customers, created daily content.- Conducted market research (including cold-calling stores for card usage results).- Wrote company Press Releases, and submitted to intended recipients.- Along with basic administrative duties, was also responsible for Customer Service, including following up with complaints and providing escalation services.

Responsible for guest relations and interactions, including checking in and out guests, and providing ongoing customer service during their visit. Utilized Hockley Valley's booking software, Resort Suite, to create and maintain new and existing reservations for guests, assist in the booking of rooms for conventions and seminar weekends. The Night Audit position included providing overnight guest services to hotel guests, as well as closing out hotel systems and restarting them for the next day. This process included the printing and balancing of all financial, room, and client reports, which were then forwarded to the accounting department for finalization.

Both publications dealt with Information Technology in the VAR (Valued Added Resale) corporate market. Responsibilities included producing content for daily web stories as well as monthly publications, conducting interviews with VAR businesses, IT moguls such as Microsoft and IBM, and staying up to date on the latest technologies and technology trends.

As an editor for the Life section, I produced story ideas for reporters in collaboration with my co-editor, assisted reporters in shaping story ideas, chose story assignments for reporters, produced weekly layouts for the section, and edited reporters articles.