EXPERIENCE SNAPSHOT
RICOCHET MEDIA
Managing Editor // April 2022 — present
- Ricochet’s first Managing Editor
- Collaborate with editors and journalists to edit and balance investigative projects and stories
- Devise strategies to fill gaps in media landscape
- Inspire change by holding power to account and covering untold stories
TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
Instructor // August 2016 — present
- Develop and teach TMU’s first course on Queer Media
- Stimulate first-year students through Introduction to News Studies
- Inspire journalism students to become more engaged with politics and students from outside journalism to become more engaged with media
OFFICE OF MPP JILL ANDREW
Legislative Assistant // May 2020 — September 2020
- Speech writing, media relations, and social media advocacy for Women’s Issues Critic at Ontario Legislature
RAINBOW RAILROAD
Communications & Development Officer // March 2018 — February 2020
- Crafted and oversaw campaigns increasing awareness of, and bringing new donors to, the premier international organization helping LGBTQ+ people flee violence and persecution
- Collaborated on shared objectives with partner organizations and governments around the world
- Maximized organization’s media presence, converting that into monetary contributions
TORONTOIST
Managing Editor // February 2017 — September 2017
- Recruited and managed new, diverse contributors
- Increased and broadened audience among young readers
- Reinvigorated brand with rekindled sense of purpose and relevance
OFFICE OF MPP CHERI DINOVO
Executive Assistant // January 2015 — January 2016
- Worked with stakeholders across political spectrum and civil society to advance human-rights legislation, including Canada’s first ban on conversion therapy
- Managed legislative office, including budget
NOW MAGAZINE
Writer and Organizer // February 2014 — February 2015
- Mobilized coalition fighting for repeal of new laws criminalizing sex work
- Covered law’s passage and implications
XTRA
Staff Reporter // October 2010 — January 2014
- Exposed discrimination against LGBTQ people in Toronto and around the world
- Investigated systemic injustices, advanced rights through journalism
PETERBOROUGH EXAMINER
Staff Reporter // April 2006 — October 2010
- Reporter and photographer on news team, covering courts, justice, and education
TORONTO STAR
Staff Reporter // March 2000 — May 2004
- Crime and police reporter on City Desk
- Trainer for new radio room interns
EDUCATION
Fundraising Management Certificate
- Humber College // 2017 — 2018
Honours B.A. English / Theatre
- York University // 1999 — 2003
Journalism Diploma
- Humber College // 1996 – 1999
PROJECTS, SPEECHES & WORKSHOPS
- Member of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression’s International Committee, assisting Afghan journalists seeking to flee Afghanistan
- Consultant on Historica Canada’s first LGBT-themed Heritage Minute
- Presented to 300 youth at Historica Canada Trailblazers in Women’s History Forum for International Women’s Day (2018)
- Member of African Centre for Refugees board, advising on campaigns and fundraising`
- Keynote at Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation’s Status of Women Awards (2013)
- Founding member of Dignity Initiative working group, a network of Canadian organizations pushing political leaders to take stands on international LGBT issues
- International Day of Pink speaker for banking executives in Toronto, as well as Montreal, Trinidad, Bahamas, & London via Skype (2016)
- Panellist on TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin, “Democracy & Rainbows” episode on international LGBTQ human rights (2014)
- Addressed Massey College’s Southam Journalism Fellows on social media in reporting (2013)
- Judging panel for Journalists for Human Rights student journalism award (2017)
SKILLS
- Public speaking (teaching, mentoring, lecturing)
- Journalism
- Research
- Human Rights and Social Justice
- Writing and editing
- Fundraising and donor stewardship
- Media strategies
- Social media
- Project management
- Campaign organizing
- Grassroots activism
- Legislative politics
- International human rights
COMPUTER SKILLS
- Google Analytics
- Salesforce
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- WordPress
- Google Docs
- iMovie
- Adobe Photoshop