CV

Summary of Skills

  • reporting across all platforms, including TV, radio, and print / digital
  • self-shooting and editing my own TV packages with Adobe Premiere Pro and Sony A73 mirrorless camera
  • experience with iNews and CMS programs
  • extensive TV news writing experience, including for 24-hour news channels

Journalism Experience

Reporter and Video Journalist – Berlin, Germany                            January 2022 – present

  • shelf-shot and edited my own TV packages for Euronews, several of which have been picked up by EBU
  • a feature story I wrote during the 2023 earthquake in Turkey led the entire NBC News website
  • covering stories in the wider region, including on Ukrainian refugees in Poland and geopolitics in Turkey; contributed to NBC, BBC, DW and The Daily Beast, among others
  • field produced for ABC News (US) during breaking news events in Germany

Producer and Senior News Writer, CBC News – Toronto, Canada      February 2021- August 2021

  • wrote for CBC’s 24-hour news channel, coverage included the pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics and Canada’s wildfires
  • produced breaking news segments, working with correspondents and editing b-roll

News Writer, CTV News – Toronto, Canada.                                           July 2020 – January 2021

  • wrote for CTV’s 24-hour news channel, meeting multiple deadlines an hour
  • coverage included domestic and international responses to the pandemic and vaccine procurement

Reporter and Video Journalist – Istanbul, Turkey                                       July 2017 – March 2020

  • freelance reporter for Euronews, doing lives, and self-shot and edited packages
  • contributed breaking news and feature articles for NBC News, The Daily Telegraph and others
  • contributed radio reports to RFI and did two-ways with BBC radio

Newsroom Producer, CTV News – Toronto, Canada                     December 2016 – January 2017

  • booked guests, did pre-interviews, wrote intros and questions for CTV’s 24-hour news channel

Reporter and Video Journalist – Ukraine and Eastern Europe                 February 2014 – Nov. 2016

  • did lives for France 24, BBC (TV and radio) and Sky
  • wrote daily reports and features on the revolution in Kyiv, the annexation of Crimea, and fighting in the east, spending more time in occupied territory than almost any other Western journalist during my time in Ukraine
  • wrote for Al Jazeera, NBC and The Daily Beast, among others
  • contributed articles and radio reports on the migrant crisis for BBC, DW and Al Jazeera; shot videos for AJ+, including one which received more than 1 million views on Facebook

Reporter – Budapest, Hungary                                                              Nov. 2012- February 2014

  • wrote features for Al Jazeera Online and The Huffington Post while based in Budapest
  • my features for Al Jazeera were regularly one of the most read pieces of the day

News Writer and Producer, CTV News – Toronto, Canada                            May 2012 – Oct. 2012

  • wrote TV news scripts for the national morning news show and 24-hour news channel
  • produced interviews, including booking and pre-interviewing guests and preparing briefs for hosts

Interactive Producer, Sky News – London, UK                                          May 2011 – March 2012

  • selected and edited video, wrote headlines and monitored coverage for breaking news
  • created interactive features, such as graphs, timelines and photo galleries using a CMS program

Output Producer, Reuters Television – London, UK                                    Sept. 2010 – Feb. 2011

  • wrote stories and edited video pieces using Avid, focusing on EMEA
  • reported and edited business video reports

  • Reporter, The Ghanaian Times – Accra, Ghana                                           Feb. 2010 – May 2010
  • filed stories for a national daily newspaper; interviews included cabinet ministers and ambassadors

Senior News Writer/ Associate Producer/ Researcher, CBC – Toronto           May 2008- Jan. 2010

  • wrote scripts, produced guest interviews and reporter hits for CBC’s 24-hour news channel, dealing with multiple deadlines within an hour
  • organised network resources, booked guests, field produced and helped package reports at the national assignment desk

Sports Announcer, University of Toronto                                                     Oct. 2007 – Feb. 2008

  • commentated on plays for university volleyball and basketball games

Video Journalist, Rogers TV – London, Canada                                           Aug. 2006 – April 2007

  • reported, shot and edited my own packages for local television

Intern Producer, Rogers TV – Toronto, Canada                                                  July 2001 – Aug. 2001

  • wrote news scripts, conducted pre-interviews and on-camera interviews as a high school intern for local television

EDUCATION

MA in Journalism, University of Western Ontario – London, Canada              May 2006 – April 2007

  • specialised in television and completed intensive practical courses in radio, print and online media
  • reported, shot and produced a short documentary, which aired on local television

Honours BA with distinction, University of Toronto                                      Sept. 2002 – April 2006

  • specialised in political science, focusing on international relations, minored in English
  • received the Samuel James Stubbs award for academic achievement in fourth year