VOICE● Voice performer for commercials, e-learning, narration, video games and smartphone apps.

● Work in home studio and various Vancouver studios for a range of clients.

● Home studio equipped with acoustically treated recording booth, Advanced Audio CM87 microphone, Steinberg UR22 D/I, MacBook Pro, Logic, Audition, Garageband, Source Connect.

Video JournalistCanadian Press 2013-2015​● Research, conceive, report, shoot, produce and edit video stories on a wide range of subjects (news, entertainment, features, sports) for national newswire service.

● Edit video shot by reporters throughout the organization.

● Material published by every major newspaper, broadcast outlet and online portal.

writer/producerFreelance● 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 Newsworld, 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 training with Jeff Ansell & Associates.

Media ProducerDavid Suzuki Foundation2007-2009● 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. Operate and maintain teleprompter.

● 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 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.

communications specialistDavid Suzuki Foundation2006-2007 ● 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-chiefToronto Business Journal2001-2002 ● 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/producerReport On Business Television2000-2001 ● 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, editors.

anchor/reporterCitytv/CablePulse241998-2000● 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 videotape editors.

● Researched, booked, hosted and co-produced live call-in show.

media editorMarketing Magazine1996-1998  ● 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.

Arts & entertainment reporterCBC Toronto1990-1993● 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.