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I am an award-winning journalist, author and photographer interested in exploring the world around me. I like long road trips and obscure music.
Since May 2017, I have been writing, reporting and photographing people and happenings throughout southwestern Ontario for the Listowel Banner, the Wingham Advance Times, the Walkerton Herald-Times and the Kincardine Independent.
One of the articles which I wrote while studying journalism at Conestoga College caught some buzz online and was published in an extended format as Buzzcocks: The Lasting Influence of Pete Shelley by the Portland Oregon based publisher Microcosm Publishing. I look forward to more long-form publishing of my work. Click my first link to order a copy from the publisher.
After studying at both Mohawk and Conestoga College I received my journalism diploma in April 2019. Since then, I have been busy writing, researching, photographing, editing and accepting awards recognizing my work.
I have learned to manage my time efficiently, meet deadlines, pitch fresh ideas and adapt to new responsibilities.
Unfortunately some of the examples of my work posted here do not offer the photographs published with the stories originally as they are trapped behind paywalls. I am attempting to show examples of the work I do for free. If you hit a paywall please let me know so I can seek out an alternative source for the story.
A discussion of politics in an era when discussing facts means arguing reality. When the "freedom convoy" rolls on and the dust settles, will that red and white fabric be viewed as a flag representing "true patriot love" or as a rag concealing conspiracy theories and hatred?
About five years ago, Terry Helm had a workplace accident at a job site in Toronto. "I was cleaning up at the end of the day and just happened to step back into a hole where I took a 21-foot fall. ...
This is Woodstein Media's first and likely only contest. There will be no others until someone succeeds at this task. The contest is simple, at least according to the more conservative segment of society. All you have to do is pull yourself up by your bootstraps to win.
She might seem like just another comedian who has found her way to Toronto, but as her website boasts, Bonez Poley is a multidisciplinary artist, an activist, and a seasoned adventurer who leads a colourful life. She spoke to Woodstein Media about everything from her wild antics on and off stage fronting thrash bands to...
This is the final feature in a three-part series diving into aspects of the opioid pandemic, the overdose crisis, whatever you wish to call it. It is a public health crisis which became exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Canada's Public Health database, there was a 95 percent increase in apparent opioid toxicity deaths...
This is the second feature in a three-part series diving into aspects of the opioid pandemic, the overdose crisis, whatever you wish to call it. It is a public health crisis which became exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Canada's Public Health database, there was a 95 percent increase in apparent opioid toxicity deaths...
This is the first feature in a three-part series diving into aspects of the opioid pandemic, the overdose crisis, whatever you wish to call it. It is a public health crisis which became exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Canada's Public Health database, there was a 95 percent increase in apparent opioid toxicity deaths...
I didn't let the "Freedom Convoy" ruin my vacation. I'm vaxxed and not oppressed. I'm helping my friends, family, neighbours, community and country by being responsible. Most of all I believe I am doing my part to help a health care system that has helped me numerous times.
Menesetung is a Chippewa word meaning "laughing waters", a very pleasant name that brings to mind a river that could have been the main source of life for most of us in the Midwestern Newspapers reading area. In fact, it once was. William "Tiger" Dunlop was ordered by the Canada Company's first commissioner, John Galt,...