selected journalism

long form features, articles & profiles

A grant to produce two long-form features on Côte d’Ivoire by Glimpse, a nonprofit supported by the National Geographic Society. Published on Matadornetwork.com, the world’s largest independent travel magazine, which receives 13M+ unique visitors each month.

Matador Network:

• Rebelles: Ivorian women fight for change

• Art as reconciliation

Gleaner Community Press

Local media holds a mirror up to the community to reflect its values and ideals, and encourages civic engagement. I worked at The Annex Gleaner, a newspaper that serves downtown Toronto’s west neighbourhood. Covering a local beat enabled me to understand this community intimately, while looking for fresh angles on stories and developing the resources to focus on my coverage. Editor-in-chief Emina Gamulin and journalist Perry King guided me through the complexities of working in print and community journalism and fact-checking and editing, which were critical to my formation as a journalist.

• Seaton Village lawyer Lucas Lung awarded for work in social justice

• Counterfeit stamps circulating in the Annex

• Festival on Bloor turns 15

I am grateful for the diversity of topics I was able to cover on rabble.ca, “an independent, community-driven media”, from a mural in honour of a murdered elder to a profile on journalist-activist Lydia Cacho and an online writing collective for teenagers.

• Figment.com mobilizes next generation of writers

• Times Change: An employment service that gives women a second chance at careers

• Spirit of the Bluebird: animated tribute to a murdered elder

• Against the misogyny, the trafficking of women and children

• Breathing Room: A Conversation with Writer Karen Connelly

Sustainability Management Services (SMS) of ECOM, a soft commodities trader, wanted to illuminate the people they work with as well as the good work they do by demystifying some of the more technical aspects of their work to make farmers, their livelihoods and the supply chain more sustainable. I interviewed staff from Vietnam to Ecuador and Ghana, tackling subject matters as diverse as anaerobic reactors for coffee waste and measuring farmer well-being through the Social Progress Index. Ultimately, these articles will be repurposed via social media channels and in newsletters. I also wrote most of the copy for the Annual Report, highlighting all of SMS’ excellent work in 2020.

• The BROCAP® Trap: An Effective, Eco-friendly Solution to Controlling the Coffee Berry Borer

• How Agroforestry is Rebuilding the Health & Wealth of Coffee Farmers in Nicaragua, One Cluster at a Time

• Breaking New Ground in Coffee & Cacao Farming in Nicaragua: Philippe Courtel – ECOM Nurseries Global Manager

• Seed Money: How ECOM and CIRAD are creating coffee plant hybrids that will reap big returns for farmers

• ECOM is Redefining Farmer Well-being with the Social Progress Index

• Unlocking the Potential of Digital Agriculture

• ECOM: Sustainability Report

Toronto Star, Canada Travel

• Rustico: a romantic corner of Prince Edward Island

Bonjour Paris

• Anduze: The Garden State

• Aigues Mortes: City of Dead Waters

• André-Jacques Garnerin: The Parachutist of Parc Monceau

• Armistice Day 2011: Day of Remembrance Events in France

• L’Île de Ré: A Weekend in the French Hamptons

• The Padlocks of Paris: Love Incarcerated

• Past, Present, Paris

• On the Cutting Edge: A Review of Emily Osborne’s Safety Razor

• A Bewitching Midsummer’s Night Dream in Toronto

• Exploding into Night explores Toronto’s Inner City

• Imagining Africa: El Anatsui brings his metal tapestries to the ROM

• Life in Counterpoint (review of Anne Simpson’s poetry collection Is)

Today's Parent is Canada's national parenting media brand and part of Rogers Publishing Ltd. In 2012, todaysparent.com was voted Magazine of the Year - Digital at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards. I worked with a gifted team of editors and web designers, and aided with the migration of Todaysparent.com to a new platform, while copywriting for Canadianparents.com.

When I moved to Cote d’Ivoire, I became a Pregnant Pause blogger. You can read some of my posts here:

• An overseas pregnancy

• Leading a nomadic life

• The perils of giving birth overseas

• Drawing a map of home

• How pregnancy bridges cultural differences

• My maternity wear do’s and don’ts

• Learning about maternal instincts

• The art of procrastination during pregnancy

• The art of staying in touch