About Me


I'm an award-winning journalist and filmmaker with a consuming curiosity about the world and the stories people have to tell. I've travelled to the Middle East, South America, Europe and Asia and enjoy food, film, flamenco and faraway places. My deepest desires are to keep learning and to expand my creative expression.
 

"Adventure is worthwhile in itself*"

 

An independent thinker who thrives on variety, collaboration and challenge, I enjoy diverse ways of communicating as a writer/editor, journalist, and award-winning filmmaker, working in all media (print, radio, TV, film, online). Please check out my LinkedIn profile.

I deal in storytelling and relish converting complex ideas into clear, compelling copy. I also help craft nonfiction film proposals/documentary grants as well as script editing.

In my previous life, I worked for more than 18 years at the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) as an online writer/editor, radio and TV producer and reporter.

EXPERIENCE:

  • Senior writer/editor CBC News Online (15 years)
  • Freelance journalist published online, in magazines and newspapers
  • Award-winning documentary director/writer and producer
  • Proposal writing and Story Editing (nonfiction)
  • Arts feature writer for Canada’s alternative, social justice news site, rabble.ca (2007-2020)
  • Daily news and features TV reporter for CBC TV in Ottawa (4 years)
  • Radio writer/broadcaster CBC Radio

AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS:

  • 2022/23 Canada Council of the Arts Grantee for Creative Writing
  • 2012 National Screen Institute Canada Directing Prize
  • 2011 DOCshift Interactive Pitch Prize for "AutismLand"
  • 2009/2010 Quebecor/ Documentary Organization of Canada Fellowship
  • 2008/2009 Charles St. Video Artist-in-Residence (Toronto)
  • 2008 pitch winner at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival ("Travels With My Brother")
  • 2005 Rendezvous Pitch winner at Hot Docs ("Twin Trek")


* Amelia Earhart