TELLING STORIES THAT MATTER

I'm a CBC News journalist with a passion for investigative journalism

BECOMING A JOURNALIST

I used to study neuroscience until a professor assigned us to write a news-style article about research — it was love at first write.

I switched programs to the University of Toronto and Centennial College joint-journalism program and I’ve been obsessed ever since.

Former reporter and web producer from May to December 2019

Former editor and reporter from November 2018 to September 2019

HOW I TELL STORIES

I'm passionate about hard-hitting, agenda-setting, investigative reporting that holds people and institutions accountable.

I regularly file freedom-of-information (FOI) requests, access to information (ATIP) requests and use open-source intelligence to uncover stories no one else has.

I know how to build strong relationships with sources, reflect the diversity in the communities I cover, thoroughly follow a story and let my work speak for itself.

In 2023, I was a finalist for the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA)'s Emerging Journalist Award.

In 2022, I won gold at the Digital Publishing Awards for The Long Wait  — a short feature on immigrant families in Canada who found strength amid long waits to reunite during the pandemic. That same year, my team and I won the first place RTDNA award for a breaking news story about a deadly kidnapping in Hamilton.

The year prior, I won another RTDNA for a breaking news story about the death of a notorious mobster.

I'm also skilled at building audiences on social media. I grew the National Post Instagram account by 10,000 followers and did the same at CBC Hamilton during my first year there.

MY SKILLS

A good story becomes a great story when you treat it right. These are some of the storytelling tools I know how to use.

News Graphics

  • Datawrapper
  • Knight Lab
  • Canva

CMS

  • Polopoly and WordPress
  • Wix and Weebly
  • Burli

Google

  • Google Sheets
  • Google Maps
  • Fusion Tables

Microsoft

  • Word, Outlook
  • Powerpoint, Excel
  • Sway

Adobe

  • Photoshop
  • Premiere Pro
  • Audition

Imaging and AV

  • Nikon D3400
  • Mobile Journalism
  • Final Cut