JOURNALISTIC EXPERIENCE
I have produced work for the following publications:
- The London Free Press
- Yahoo! Canada
- FLARE.com
- Style Nine to Five
- Hip & Urban Girl’s Guide
- Pinellas News
- Western News
- The Tyee.ca
- Rabble.ca
- TalentEgg.ca
- The UWO Gazette
- The UWO Online Reporter
- The MITzine
- The Women’s Post
- The Vaughan Citizen
- The Beat London Magazine
- Campus Life Magazine
- Whatever Magazine
- City Life Magazine
- Dolce Vita Magazine
- Vaughan Living Magazine
- Your Pets Magazine
- CHRW 94.9 FM
- iTunes U Western in 5 Podcasts
EDUCATION
Masters of Arts in Journalism (MAJ) The University of Western Ontario 2009-2010
Courses Include:
- Print Journalism
- Broadcast Journalism
- Online Journalism
- Environmental Journalism
- Business Reporting
- Copy Editing
- Journalism Law & Ethics
- Research and Information Skills
Media, Information and Technoculture (MIT), Honors BA
Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication Certificate The University of Western Ontario (UWO) 2005-2009
Courses Include:
- Information Retrieval
- Advertising
- Document Design
- Technical Writing
- Public Relations
- Writing for Publication
- Writing for Oral Presentation
- Writing for an Electronic Environment
SKILLS
- Fluent in CP style
- Proficient with Mac OSX, Windows, MS Office, iWeb, iWorks
- Knowledgeable with iNews, Edirol equipment, Adobe Audition and Avid software
- Design and editing skills with Quark, InDesign, iPhoto and Adobe Photoshop
- Adept at social networking tools such as Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, Facebook, and Linkedin
- Conversational in Italian
VOLUNTEER INITIATIVES
- Vice-President of Social, UWO Journalism Student Council May 2009- Present
- Community Volunteer, Nexos Voluntarios Urubamba, Peru February 2009
- Peer Mentor, Centre for New Students at UWO Sept 2007 – Apr 2008
AWARDS
- UWO Dean’s Honor List
- Queen Elizabeth Aiming for the Top Scholarship
- Marie Smibert Writing Program Student Achievement Award
- Letter of Accomplishment in Student Leadership from UWO
INTERESTS
- Travel
- Fashion
- Photography
- Popular Culture
- Hot Yoga
- Member of the Professional Writer’s Association of Canada
