Summary
* An award-winning freelance writer and editor with over 15 years of experience, specializing in technology and cultural trends.
* Journalism characterized by precision, insight and creativity.
Journalism Experience
Freelance Journalist
* January 1999 to present. Established a successful freelance writing career with a focus on technology, popular culture, graphic design and branding. Developed and honed interview, research and writing skills alongside entrepreneurial aspects of freelance writing. Publications include: New York Times Magazine (Year in Ideas Issue 2004 and 2005), Toronto Life, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, National Post Business, Report on Business, Maclean's, Spacing and The Walrus.
Journalism Instructor
University of Toronto SCS
* February 2006 to present. Instructor for Freelancing the Feature and The Freelance Writing Business. Created course outlines, lesson plans and course kits for two separate eight-week courses to foster discussion and ensure the key aspects of journalism would be communicated effectively to students with a wide range of backgrounds and abilities.
Associate Producer
CBC Radio
* January to June 2004. Located interview subjects, developed show themes and assisted with scripts for Go, a CBC radio show about popular culture.
Books Editor
* June 2003 to January 2005. Books Editor for Broken Pencil magazine. Responsible for assigning and editing short book reviews and feature articles with a focus on independent culture.
Awards
* Honourable mention at the 2002, 2004 and 2009 National Magazine Awards (Essays category).
Education
* Master's from York/Ryerson in Communication and Culture, June 2007.
* B.A. from Simon Fraser University, June 1998. History and psychology double major.
Books
* Title To Be Determined. Completed the final draft of my first novel in February 2010 and am currently seeking a publisher.
* A Very Lonely Planet: Love, Sex and the Single Guy. A non-fiction humour book published in May 2001 by Arsenal Pulp Press that examines the psychology of modern romance.
Other
* Handling Editor for the Ryerson Review of Journalism, Spring 2008, 2009 and 2010.
* I am constantly learning and experimenting with a variety of narrative and storytelling formats, from short stories published in local literary magazines to a script for an original half-hour sitcom pilot set in Toronto.
* I have been blogging regularly since 2003 at TheBiggeIdea Blog
Fiction
* "Enjoy Your Stay" published in Kiss Machine #18, Fall 2008, pgs 10-13.
* "Last Man Standing" published in Matrix #80, Summer 2008, pgs 11-14.
* "Love Lies, Waiting" published in Strong Words Year Two: An Anthology edited by Matt Blair and Moez Surani (Indiepolitik, 2007), pgs 16-18.
* "Quarter Turn" published in Taddle Creek, Winter 2006.
* "Her" published in Desire, Doom & Vice: A Canadian Collection, edited by Nathaniel G. Moore (Wingate Press, 2005).
* Evaluated submissions for This Magazine's Great Canadian Literary Hunt 2008 and 2009.
* Recipient of an Ontario Arts Council Works in Progress grant, June 2008.
* Recipient of a Creative Writing Grant from the Canada Council, February 2008.
* Recipient of a Toronto Arts Council Grant for Fiction in September 2004 (Level One) and September 2007 (Level Two).