● Research, write and produce articles, stories, profiles, reviews, columns, books, segments, TV news packages, radio newscasts, movie and television production EPKs, video news releases, DVD extra feature packages and television newscasts.
● Print clients include Time, Newsweek, Saturday Night, Maclean’s, Canadian Business, Time Out, Business In Vancouver, The Vancouver Sun, The Globe and Mail and National Post.
● Broadcast clients include Global Television News, CBC radio and television news, CBC News Network, Entertainment Tonight (US), Force Four Productions (The Shopping Bags), Road To Rockstar: Supernova, Lifetime Television Network, Warner Bros., New Line and Spike TV.
● Online clients include CBC Arts Online and NextMonet.com.
●Researched and wrote one third (55,000 words) of Gold Rush, a book of profiles of mining companies and executives.
● Media trainer with Jeff Ansell & Associates.
Writer/Producer
Freelance
● Communications specialist for internationally known and respected environmental NGO.
● Research, write, light, shoot, edit and produce video, including news releases, b-roll, how-to, humorous material, EPKs, trailers, web video.
● Write, record, edit and produce audio podcasts and radio features and PSAs airing nationally.
● Write, edit, design, post and update web material, including video, audio, blog entries and web pages.
● Sequence, produce and author DVDs.
● Field media inquiries and questions on a wide variety of issues and angles.
● Hire and manage sub-contractors and volunteers.
Media Producer
David Suzuki Foundation
2007-2009
Communications Specialist
David Suzuki Foundation
2006-2007
● Communications specialist for the climate change team at internationally known and respected environmental NGO.
● Research, write and edit speeches, news releases, book, magazine and website content, brochures, annual report copy, newsletters, marketing collateral and advertising copy.
● Research, write, edit and post web content, including text, audio and video.
● Devise and implement strategy and logistics for short and long campaigns, including national month-long 41-stop tour.
● Field media inquiries and answer questions on a wide variety of issues and angles.
● Media training.
Editor-In-Chief
Toronto Business Journal
2001-2002
● Responsible for all aspects of producing weekly business journal in Canada's biggest city; average edition size 36 pages.
● Supervise, train and develop staff and freelance contributors.
● Research and write stories, editorials, cutlines and headlines.
● Page design and layout.
● Write, edit, post and update web content.
● Conceive, pitch and assign stories.
Writer/Producer
Report On Business Television
2000-2001
● Wrote and produced 12 or more live top-and-bottom-of-the-hour newscasts daily for national cable business channel.
● Wrote and produced daily 60-minute business wrap-up newscast.
● Story research, selection and writing.
● Newscast lineup.
● Working with researchers, producers, on-camera talent, field and studio camera personnel and video editors.
● Anchored and wrote two to six hours live television news per day for all-news cable channel.
● Interviewed guests live four times per hour.
● Conceived, pitched, researched, wrote and produced tape packages and live shots.
● Worked with producers, writers and researchers, studio and field camera crews, live truck crews and video editors.
● Researched, booked, hosted and co-produced live call-in show.
● Responsible for all aspects of covering media for weekly trade publication serving the advertising industry.
● Supervise, train and develop freelance contributors.
● Research and write stories, editorials, cutlines and headlines.
● Page design and layout.
● Conceive, pitch and assign stories.
● Conceived and coordinated special sections.
● Award-winning columnist.
Media Editor
Marketing Magazine 1996-1998
● Wrote, produced and coordinated resources for national radio and cable news channel newscasts; supervised live broadcasts in control room.
● Story research, selection and writing.
● Newscast lineup.
● Working with researchers, producers, on-camera talent, field and studio camera personnel, editors.
Writer/Editor
CBC News Network, CBC Radio News
1993-1995
● Prepared and presented nightly live and tape package; duties include research, interviewing, writing, producing, supervising shooting and editing, live shots for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's flagship Toronto affiliate.
● Conceived, pitched, researched, wrote and produced and coordinated special sections.
● Supervised shooting and editing.
● Worked with studio and field cameras, remote trucks and crews, handled location logistics and production demands.
● Wrote and produced 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. newscasts for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's flagship affiliate.
● Wrote and produced noon, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 11:00 p.m. newscasts as well as week-in-review newscast and prime-time news updates for Global Television network.
● Research, scheduling, newscast lineup.
● Assigned and scheduled reporters, crews and feeds.
Writer/Producer
CBC Toronto 1988-1990
Global Television 1986-1988
