Communications specialist with 20+ years of experience helping international organizations, media, and cultural institutions find their voice and use it strategically.
I work with organizations at the intersection of public good and complex ideas that need to communicate with clarity and purpose. Much of my work focuses on international development, climate change, sustainable agriculture, food systems, environment, arts, culture, policy, and business.
That means understanding not just what you want to say, but why it needs to be said, who needs to hear it, and how to build a body of communication that compounds over time.
My background spans deadline-driven journalism at Reuters editorial leadership on projects at the World Bank and major international research organizations, long-form writing, and a creative practice in theatre and visual art.
WHAT I DO
Strategic communications · Editorial leadership · Narrative development · Writing and editing · Stakeholder communications · Program communications
Including: Social media strategy and content · Digital content · Campaign communications · Media relations
WHERE I’VE WORKED
Reuters · World Bank · Maclean’s (including Maclean’s Guide to Universities) · Canadian Business · MoneySense · Chatelaine · Edmonton Journal · Thomson Reuters Foundation · University of Toronto Justina M. Barnicke Gallery (Art Museum at Hart House) · Global Landscapes Forum · Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (now Landscape Alliance) · International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Select stories and arts journalism have appeared in Maclean’s, National Observer, Saturday Night, Lola, Small Spiral Notebook, and Storefront Paper.
Work authored and distributed via Reuters has been published by an array of international news outlets, syndicates, and digital platforms worldwide.
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Nonfiction
University of King’s College
Bachelor of Journalism, Newspapers (Post-Graduate)
Toronto Metropolitan University
Honours Bachelor of Arts, Cinema Studies
University of Toronto
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I took the landscape photo above from the Cobb in Lyme Regis, England.