Title: Reporting in Indigenous Communities Course Means More Than Just Storytelling
Date: June 19, 2013
Original Source: The Thunderbird
Synopsis: The J-school I attend commissioned me to write two features for the school’s website for classes I didn’t take (no conflict of interest). This is the first, on UBC SOJ’s RIIC course.
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Title: Life in the Background: My Day as TV Extra
Date: June 5, 2013
Original Source: Low Culture, High Concept
Synopsis: My friend Trev Smith launched his own sports-and-culture fusion site, and I provided a guest post detailing my day as an extra on the set of Psych.
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Title: Molly Gosnell: A Thunderbird Journey
Date: May 1, 2013
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds
Synopsis: This was a feature I wrote about UBC women’s softball player Molly Gosnell and her father Dave, who is both a super-fan and a large financial supporter of the team.
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Title: #SupportAndrea
Date: February 24, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article implored Raptor fans to stop booing Andrea Bargnani for a handful of reasons.
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Title: Danielle Dube Backstops The ‘Birds Into The Playoffs
Date: February 12, 2013
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds
Synopsis: This article was a feature on firefighter, mother and student-athlete Danielle Dube, who also happens to be Canada West’s top goaltender.
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Title: “42” Excitement
Date: January 11, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: This was a brief reaction to the extended trailer for “42,” a baseball biopic forthcoming about the life of Jackie Robinson.
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Title: Dinos’ volleyball fan almost never cheers for U of A teams
Date: January 4, 2013
Original Source: The Edmonton Journal
Synopsis: I am doing a short internship over the holidays at The Edmonton Journal. My latest piece was a feature on the U of Calgary – U of Alberta sports rivalry. This article appeared in the Jan. 5 edition of the Edmonton Journal.
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Title: Pandas hockey hopes to find consistency it’s been lacking
Date: January 3, 2013
Original Source: The Edmonton Journal
Synopsis: I am doing a short internship over the holidays at The Edmonton Journal. My latest piece was an advance on all of the University of Alberta sports events for the weekend. This article appeared in the Jan. 2 edition of the Edmonton Journal.
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Title: Edmonton-area AJHL teams on different paths
Date: January 2, 2013
Original Source: The Edmonton Journal
Synopsis: I am doing a short internship over the holidays at The Edmonton Journal. My latest piece was a feature on two rival AJHL hockey teams heading in different directions in the standings. This article appeared in the Jan. 3 edition of the Edmonton Journal.
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Title: Oil Kings’ Carroll had a tough decision between school and hockey
Date: January 1, 2013
Original Source: The Edmonton Journal
Synopsis: I am doing a short internship over the holidays at The Edmonton Journal. My latest piece was a feature on the newest Edmonton Oil King, a defenseman with great marks facing a tough decision with respect to hockey and school. This article appeared in the Jan. 2 edition of the Edmonton Journal.
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