Resume

Skills

• Written and verbal command of the English language
• Knowledge of Canadian Press style and media law
• Skilled with Adobe InDesign and Photoshop
• Digital photography and video experience
• Knowledge of online production and content management systems
• Social media savvy

Highlights

• Canadian Community Newspaper Association first-place award for rural reporting in the 2010 Better Newspaper competition
• Correspondent for CBC Radio in Victoria and CFUN 1410 AM radio in Vancouver, B.C. during the Allan Schoenborn triple-murder trial, 2009/2010
• Canadian Association of Journalists conference panelist: The future of community newspapers, 2009
• B.C. and Yukon Community Newspaper Ma Murray Award silver medallist, 2009
• Kidney Foundation of Canada, B.C. Interior, media award, 2009

Employment

Kamloops This Week, Kamloops, B.C.
News reporter, March 2008 to present

• Covering education, health, court, social issues and general news
• Writing breaking news, web-first content and columns
• Headline and cutline writing
• Uploading copy and photos to the web
• Layout and copy-editing duties for print and online
• Photography and video, shooting and editing
• Created KTW accounts on Twitter and Facebook

Barriere Star Journal/Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal, Barriere and Ashcroft, B.C.
Interim editor, temporary 2008 and 2009

• Filled in as editor for one month at each paper
• Responsible for copy editing, headline/cutline writing 
• Laying out the papers
• Liaised with reporters and photographers  

Merritt News, Merritt, B.C.
News reporter, 2007 to 2008

• Sole reporter responsible for wide community coverage, including news, city council, school board and sports
• Photography, shooting and editing
• Layout, headline/cutline writing and copy editing
• Redesigned the paper's front page

Shaw Communication Inc., Merritt B.C.

Broadcaster, 2007 to 2008

• Created and hosted a weekly entertainment spot for the local channel
• Gathered information and wrote copy/script for the show

The Omega, Kamloops, B.C.
News editor, 2006 to 2007

• Wrote relevant news/politics articles for the campus paper at Thompson Rivers University
• Liaised with freelance writers
• Copy editing 

Kamloops Daily News, Kamloops, B.C.
Intern reporter, Summer 2006

• Covered general news assignments for a three-month summer internship

Education

Bachelor of Journalism
Thompson Rivers University

Major in English, minor in political science
Kamloops, B.C.