Print/Online
“Crude Awakening” – GlobalNews.ca
- Obtained and analyzed a database of over 61,000 spills from Alberta’s oil industry
- Traveled to report several stories based on the data
- Wrangled data for set of interactive graphics and worked with designer to create them
- Winner of RTDNA national award for Digital Media
“The Gardiner: Trouble Overhead” – GlobalNews.ca
- Used Freedom of Information laws to obtain records of hundreds of issues with the bridge
- Created own database based on documents, used it for news series as well as basis of interactive graphic
- Winner of RTDNA national awards for best In-depth/Investigative and Digital Media
- Winner of regional Edward R. Murrow award for Continuing Coverage
“Deaths in detention: CBSA’s fatal failure to learn from its mistakes” – GlobalNews.ca
- Requested a database of all CBSA immigration detainees through Access to Information
- Found mentions in the data of individuals released because “deceased”
- Tracked down names and causes of death through coroners’ reports, immigration hearing records and other sources, to put names to the data points wherever possible
- Story still used as a credible source for statistics on deaths in CBSA custody today
“What happened to Jim? Experiments on Canada’s indigenous populations” – GlobalNews.ca
- Written in response to a reader email from a residential school survivor
- Used Library and Archives documents to show the extent of experimentation at the residential school attended by the reader
- Found out what had likely happened to Jim, including an experiment he didn’t realize was happening
“New infrastructure funding mostly spent in Conservative ridings” – GlobalNews.ca
- Used publicly-available data on federal infrastructure announcements to show how most pre-election spending was in ridings held by the incumbent government
- Created an interactive map of the projects to help illustrate the story
- Part of federal election coverage for Global News
“Inside Azraq, Jordan’s pre-fab refugee camp” – GlobalNews.ca
- Travelled to Jordan and visited the newly-opened Azraq refugee camp
- Took photos and interviewed Syrian refugees for a piece about life in the camp
“Germany’s enduring attachment to coal” – GlobalNews.ca
- Was selected as an Arthur F. Burns fellow and travelled to Germany to research their green energy program
- Spent time in the Lausitz region, examining how the focus on green energy was leaving the coal-producing region behind
- Used photos and interactive charting tools to illustrate the story
“Seized at the border” – GlobalNews.ca
- Used Access to Information request as basis for series of stories
- Focused on how data showed unexpected drug and weapons seizures, researched and wrote three stories
- Worked with designer to create set of infographics, and television reporters for TV news reports
“Counting Canada – Census 2011” – GlobalNews.ca
- Worked in a team to delve into newly-released census data
- Helped to create a series of maps and graphics to show the data
- Created a data mash-up, superimposing a map of a newly-approved transit plan on top of a map of population density
Access to Information and Social Justice
- Contributed chapter on data journalism to book geared toward teaching journalists and activists how to use freedom of information legislation
- Explained how to request data from governments and how to perform some basic analysis on the material in Excel
“Metro sewage plants failing federal tests” – The Vancouver Sun
- Researched and wrote story on sewage treatment in Vancouver
- Used publicly-available documents to show that sewage plants were not meeting environmental standards
Video:
“Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground” – PBS Frontline/World
- Winner of 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine
- Worked as co-producer, researching, filming and conducting interviews on location in India
- Also helped research and write much of the documentary’s accompanying website
Radio:
Methadone Treatment in Ottawa – CBC Radio Ottawa
- Produced tape-talk and radio documentary package on methadone treatment shortages
“Share Central” – CBC Radio Ottawa
- Produced live 3-hour remote broadcast
- Found compelling stories, arranged interviews, produced sound packages and scripted entire program
- Helped raise over $44,000 for local charities
Associate Producer – CBC Radio
- Regular contributor to CBC Radio programs All in a Day, Ottawa Morning
- Contributor to CBC National Radio political affairs program The House
- Arranging and scripting interviews, producing soundscapes and audio packages, arranging and timing out broadcasts
- Radio news reporting
- Also produced radio double-enders for non-local programs