WORK EXPERIENCE
Staff writer/web editor, Fast Forward Weekly, 2007-2009.
Contributing editor, Alberta Views magazine, 2005-2007.
Radio reporter/associate producer/online writer, CBC Calgary, 2007.
Online writer, CTV Calgary News, 2006.
Intern staff writer, Fast Forward Weekly, 2005.
WRITING AWARDS
National Magazine Awards 2010, gold award in One of a Kind category for “Mr. Tree,” Alberta Views, April, May, June 2009.
Western Magazine Awards 2010, two nominations in Profile and Gold Award Best Article – Alberta/NWT categories for “Mr. Tree,” Alberta Views, April, May, June 2009 (winners announced October 2010).
National Magazine Awards 2008, nomination in Science, Technology & the Environment category for “Down the River,” Alberta Views, November 2007.
Canadian Association of Journalists Awards 2008, nomination in Magazine category for “Down the River,” Alberta Views, November 2007.
Western Magazine Awards 2008, nomination in Profile category for “Why Won’t This Preacher Keep Quiet,” Swerve, July 20, 2007.
Canadian Community Newspapers Association Better Newspapers Competition 2008, winner in Outstanding Reporter Initiative category (with colleague Adrian Morrow) for “Investigating Calgary’s ‘Wild West’ campaign financing,” Fast Forward Weekly, October 5, 2007.
National Magazine Awards 2007, Alexander Ross Award for Best New Writer for “Big Oil on Trial,” Alberta Views, June 2006, and “Trouble in the Fields,” Alberta Views, October 2006.
Western Magazine Awards 2007, winner in Public Issues category for “Big Oil on Trial,” Alberta Views, June 2006.
Canadian Association of Journalists Awards 2007, nomination in Magazine category for “Big Oil on Trial,” Alberta Views, June 2006.
Canadian Community Newspapers Association Better Newspapers Competition 2006, nomination in Outstanding Reporter Initiative category for “God-Mart” series, Fast Forward Weekly, June 2005.
EDUCATION & WRITING PROGRAMS
The Banff Centre, Literary Journalism residency, 2008.
Mount Royal College (Calgary), Bachelor of Applied Communications in Journalism, 2002-2006.
University of Colima, Journalism and Globalization Exchange Semester, 2005.
