résumé

writing and editing

Montreal Mirror
Contributor • July 2004 to present

The Link
Editor-in-chief • April 2005 to April 2006
Copy editor ♦ literary arts editor ♦ fringe arts editor • 2003 to 2005

Canadian University Press
Quebec regional director and vice-chairperson of the Board of Directors • May 2006 to April 2007
Supplements bureau chief • August 2005 to April 2006
Arts bureau chief • August 2004 to April 2005
Served as arts category judge for John H. McDonald Awards in 2008, 2009 & 2010

Degeneration Overdrive
Assistant editor and copy editor • Dec. 2007 to Dec. 2009

Freelancer
As a freelance writer, I mainly write for the Mirror and Xtra.ca. I’ve written for Canadian Dimension, This Magazine, Herizons, Punk Magazine, Worn Fashion Journal and The Concordia Journal; for clips, see the Published Work section. As a freelance editor, I edited the 2004-2005 Concordia Student Union handbook, as well as a novel for Montreal-based publisher Véhicule Press.

education

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism (print) • completed in spring of 2007
Concordia University • Montreal • Quebec
Journalism courses taken include: media law and ethics, photojournalism, magazine writing, feature writing, news reporting and copy editing, among others. General interest courses taken include: Montreal Architecture and Urbanism, History of Montreal, Sociology of Cyberspace, Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Cults and Religious Controversies, HIV/AIDS.

awards & scholarships

John H. McDonald Journalism Award for sports writing (honourable mention) • 2007
John W. Sancton Award for community journalism • 2006
Cynthia Gunn Journalism Award • 2005