Emily Natasha Jackson

Natasha is a driven and detail-oriented third-year journalism student at Centennial College, where she has worked on numerous articles for the Toronto Observer, an award-winning college news publication.

With a strong passion for investigative reporting and photojournalism, she is proficient in digital storytelling tools, including Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and WordPress, with hands-on experience producing compelling visual and written content. Skilled in in-depth research, digital literacy, interviewing, and multimedia editing, with a commitment to uncovering truth and delivering impactful, audience-focused journalism.

Eager to contribute to dynamic newsrooms and media teams with a sharp eye for narrative and visual detail. With a passion for creative writing and filmmaking, that gives the drive to tell stories and see the positive impact her work has on others.

Story Arts Centre Black History Month Panel - 951 Carlaw Ave

Q&A Host (Feb. 20th, 2025)

• Led a Q&A with two professors at Centennial College about their work and the challenges they’ve faced as

BIPOC artists. Wanda Taylor is an author and professor in the Journalism Department, and Kamar Thomas is an

author and professor in the Visual Arts Department.

• I prepared questions a week before the event and opened the floor for the audience to ask questions in between

the Q&A.

Nuit Blanche - 951 Carlaw Ave

Exhibit Coordinator (Oct. 6th, 2024)

• With Centennial College, my program allowed me to create an exhibit for Nuit Blanche.
• In collaboration with the Art and Design program, my peers and I created the idea, and the design students built

the exhibit. During the night of the event, I would show guests the exhibit—a photo booth where they could

record themselves — and explain our goal: to ask guests “what peace means to them” in the photo booth.

• I watched over the front desk before people could enter the exhibit, greeted guests and explained what the exhibit

was about, handed out media release forms, and made sure the photo booth was working during and after Nuit Blanche ended.

Jamii Esplanade - 264 The Esplanade - Toronto, Ontario

Sound Team (July 2018 - Aug 2018)

• Worked as a sound coordinator on a documentary, “At Heart: Citizens of the Esplanade.”
• The documentary won the Public History Award at the 2019 Toronto Heritage Awards.
• I managed different sound equipment, such as boom mics, lavalier microphones for the people we interviewed, and dynamic microphones for background audio.