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Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

I work as a reporter at the Telegraph Journal in the Saint John newsroom.

Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

I help produce online content for a provincial chain of newspapers, including posting, social media, video, front page management and editing. I also have print responsibilities including editing, coordinating wire sections and compiling a weekly arts section.

Saint John, New Brunswick

I helped produce online and print content for a provincial chain of newspapers, including editing, social media, video and front page management.

I helped edit at Howler, a quarterly soccer magazine, where I assisted with line edits, story structure and suggestions for writers.

Toronto, ON

I worked with designers and section editors to produce content for Star Touch, the Toronto Star's tablet app, including editorial packaging, copyediting, display writing and video editing.

I write display copy and edit content for the Toronto Star's tablet app, including articles, columns and video.

Fort Mcmurray, Alberta

I covered municipal politics and crime for a daily newspaper in the heart of the oilsands. My beat included coverage of council and city issues, as well as reporting on breaking crime stories and court coverage. I combined well-written articles with investigative work and live-tweeting and commentary via social media to make my work indispensable for those.

Lac La Biche, Alberta

I wrote, took photos, produced video and did layout for a community weekly in Northern Alberta. My job involved generating story ideas for the main paper and a regional supplement, executing those ideas in a weekly timeframe. I also helped maintain the paper's existing Facebook presence while attempting to direct more traffic towards the website. My major.

Fort Mcmurray, Alberta

I wrote, took photos, shot videos, and designed interactive features for the Today, where I covered city politics, spot news, oilsands developments and other issues that affect the Fort McMurray community. Coverage of the 2013 Alberta floods earned my stories pickup across the QMI wire, including the Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto Sun papers. I also set the.

Vancouver, Canada Area

As Managing Editor, I was in charge of the web presence at the Ubyssey, including managing article content, web design, finding alternate story forms and operating the paper's social media accounts. I oversaw a redesign, launched a new blog and more than doubled the paper's average unique pageviews.

Vancouver, Canada Area

I contribute content across all sections to the web edition of the student paper at UBC Vancouver, providing up-to-the minute coverage that helps power the site's 24/7 daily schedule.

I help select and edit content from member papers of a national student press co-operative to run on the Features newswire. By working with papers and contributing content, I ensure the Features wire is a platform for new writers and a valuable resource for member papers.

As the EIC, I overhauled our production structure, trained eight new staff, started the paper on the road to independence, and put out a year of issues for a 24-page student paper.

I coordinated the development of the Phoenix's website, which had been inactive for over a year. I worked with the Hot Ink CMS platform, HTML, some CSS, and developed exclusive content for the Internet, as well as co-ordinated live updates through Twitter.

I edited and wrote articles for a mid-size student newspaper at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna, BC. As the Features Editor, I wrote pieces of 1,000-2,000 words that look at pressing topics in depth. I also contributed to other sections of the paper, with experience writing for news, arts, issues and activism, sports, and the.

I was the organizer for the 2009 Western Prairie Northern Canadian University Press conference. I prepared my paper's conference bid, I prepared and managed the budget, the paper's schedule, and the registration process. I recruited speakers, secured catering, and solicited sponsorship.

Kelowna, Canada

As a reporting intern, I covered stories for a daily newspaper over the summer of 2010 including court cases, forest fires, the HST, and other important events in Kelowna, breaking the arrest of two student executives from UBC Okanagan at the G20 and landing on the front page several times.

I wrote news articles weekly for the national CUP newswire on subjects of national importance with relevance to B.C. papers. My articles have been printed in student newspapers in eight Canadian provinces.

I worked providing Vancouver Whitecaps news and analysis for a daily Canadian soccer blog. The 24th Minute was the winner of Best Sports Blog in the 2009 Canadian Blog Awards.

Bachelor Of Arts, English Major, Sociology Minor

Activities and Societies: The Ubyssey, The Phoenix News, Literature Students' Association, Vidja Games Club, Safewalk, The Well Pub

Associate Of Arts