Experience

Medical Assistant, Klinic Community Health — November 2019 to present.

I help keep a busy community health practice running smoothly by assisting providers, helping clients, filing medical documents and managing traffic.

Reporter, Winnipeg Free Press — June 2019 to September 2019. 

I broke big stories about health care and changes to the WRHA, filing multiple times per day. I received international media attention for my coverage of the Gillam manhunt.

Assignment producer, CBC Manitoba — November 2016 to June 2019.

I managed, edited and scheduled the work of reporters, videographers and writers for CBC.ca/manitoba, 89.3 FM, CBC Winnipeg News at 6 and at 11.

Online editor, Winnipeg Sun — May 2011 to November 2016.

In this management position, I was solely responsible for overseeing all aspects of winnipegsun.com — from generating story ideas to crafting online extras to creating a social media strategy.

Copy/layout editor, Winnipeg Sun — March 2010 to May 2011.

News editor, Geez magazine — November 2009 to March 2010.

Communications co-ordinator, Western Canada Wilderness Committee — September 2009 to February 2010.

Editor-in-chief, the Manitoban — May 2007 to May 2009.

Education

• University of Winnipeg — pursuing an honours degree in psychology with the aim of pursuing a PhD and career in psychological research.
• University of Manitoba — bachelor of arts, political studies and biology.

Volunteer work

• Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba — volunteer facilitator, 2016-18.
• Winnipeg Soup — co-organizer, 2016.
• Manitoban Alumni Society — founding president and chair, 2011-14.
• Shakespeare in the Ruins board of directors — vice-chair/chair, 2011-13.
• UMFM 101.5 board of directors — chair, 2010-13.