I am an accomplished communications professional, with more than two decades of experience in both journalism and the oil and gas sector. I am particularily skilled in pro-active media relations as well as reactive crisis communications.
-Create pro-active media strategies to earn positive coverage for Cenovus corporate and social investment initiatives
-Organize and lead media tours of operations and facilities
-Create reactive strategies for industry and company specific inquires from media
-Design and conduct media training for Cenovus staff
-Write speeches for company executives
-Prepare briefing documents and speaking notes for managers and executives
-Assist in writing press releases and call notes for quarterly updates
-Write op-eds and other articles for various external media channels
-Design, shoot, and edit videos for both internal and external audiences, promoting company events and initiatives
-Write, produce, and present weekend supper hour and late night news programs
-Fill-in as anchor for CTV Morning Live, CTV News at 5 and CTV News at 6
-Develop and research potential news stories, assign photographers and reporters as required
-Research and pitch stories for several daily news casts, both regional and national
-Write, shoot, and edit television news stories for daily deadline
-conduct live "hits" and debriefs for regional and national newscasts
-Write, produce and anchor provincial weekend radio newscast
-Pitch, write and report local features and news stories for Calgary audience
-Pitch, write and reporter stories of national interest for CBC National and Canada Now
-Work with colleagues to cultivate sources and develop investigative stories relevant to a national audience
-Develop and pitch stories for regional news cast
-Shoot and edit all content for daily programming
2017 RTNDA Digital Media Award (Contributor)
2008 CAJ/CIDA International Fellowship
2000 CBC Joan Donaldson Scholarship