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Better late than never I hope, here are just a few is the opportunities I had last year I am grateful for, amidst everything else.
to be honest it was a tough year for a lot of freelance journalists â but despite a lot of canceled assignments, other doors opened
to be honest it was a tough year for a lot of freelance journalists â but despite a lot of canceled assignments, other doors opened
Getting to witness, let alone get a decent shot of, Comet NEOWISE in July was a personal highlight. Also because I was a lazy high school student In 1997 and missed the last big time there was a great comet
I had 2 work-related resolutions for 2020. One was to publish a feature in the @globeandmail
Put months of work and learning into this story on Indigenous anthropology⊠met many amazing scholars in a troublesome discipline thatâs always fascinated me https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-how-indigenous-researchers-are-reclaiming-archeology-and-anthropology/
Put months of work and learning into this story on Indigenous anthropology⊠met many amazing scholars in a troublesome discipline thatâs always fascinated me https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-how-indigenous-researchers-are-reclaiming-archeology-and-anthropology/
My 2nd resolution for last year was to make a podcast. Iâm really proud of this one
Thanks to the team at @citedpodcast (who make @crackdownpod) & encouragement from @garthmullins, I co-hosted & helped research for this 6-part series on opioid use https://bcechoonsubstanceuse.ca/podcast/
Thanks to the team at @citedpodcast (who make @crackdownpod) & encouragement from @garthmullins, I co-hosted & helped research for this 6-part series on opioid use https://bcechoonsubstanceuse.ca/podcast/
On Mar 23, as a pandemic spread, I helped launch a weekday news/talk show on @CoopRadio
Community radio is amazing & Iâm proud of our @CFROthepulse interviewsâtracing COVID19âs unequal impacts through the lens of our stationâs DTES neighbourhood
Listen: http://thepulse.coopradio.org
Community radio is amazing & Iâm proud of our @CFROthepulse interviewsâtracing COVID19âs unequal impacts through the lens of our stationâs DTES neighbourhood
Listen: http://thepulse.coopradio.org
Speaking of #COVID19, my first assignment about that was in FEBRUARY, a month before it was called a pandemicâŠSpent a day visiting Chinese-Canadian businesses for a multi-country story
It marked my 1st of many assignments for @AFP, the oldest news wire https://www.lapresse.ca/international/2020-02-18/coronavirus-a-travers-la-planete-les-quartiers-chinois-touches-par-la-panique
It marked my 1st of many assignments for @AFP, the oldest news wire https://www.lapresse.ca/international/2020-02-18/coronavirus-a-travers-la-planete-les-quartiers-chinois-touches-par-la-panique
Hereâs that story in English (itâs been cool seeing snippets of my work appear in big papers from Thailand to Niger, France, India, Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, UK & Chinaâtranslated into at least 5 languages by my tally) thanks to @AFPâs 1-billion reach https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/1860639/chinatowns-feel-pinch-of-coronavirus
My first multimedia feature for AFP investigated the surge in hate crimes in the pandemic
The worldâs eyes were on B.C. as the story got published on every continent, including in the most-read English-language paper in the world, The Times of India: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/chinese-in-canada-a-target-of-increased-hate-during-pandemic/articleshow/76023618.cms?mobile=no
The worldâs eyes were on B.C. as the story got published on every continent, including in the most-read English-language paper in the world, The Times of India: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/chinese-in-canada-a-target-of-increased-hate-during-pandemic/articleshow/76023618.cms?mobile=no
And of course, there was Huawei executive #MengWanzhouâs legal saga, against the backdrop of diplomatic crisis & the fate of two Canadians jailed in China at stake
Hereâs one of my @AFP files ⊠that happened to also be my first story in The @Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/27/meng-wanzhou-canada-fbi-plot-documents
Hereâs one of my @AFP files ⊠that happened to also be my first story in The @Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/27/meng-wanzhou-canada-fbi-plot-documents
I probably filed many dozens of stories on this seemingly endless legal battle in the Supreme Court of B.C. and Federal Court. The whole world is watching what happens
2020 also saw my first photo published on an international news wire: https://theindependent.sg/canada-resumes-hearings-on-extradition-of-huawei-exec/
2020 also saw my first photo published on an international news wire: https://theindependent.sg/canada-resumes-hearings-on-extradition-of-huawei-exec/
And I was proud of this feature story published in Franceâs Le Monde, about how US wildfire smoke was choking residents of my home cityâone of whom has just gotten her breath back after recovering from COVIDâand its links to climate change https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2020/09/19/au-canada-vancouver-suffoque-sous-la-fumee-des-feux-en-provenance-des-etats-unis_6052833_3210.html?fbclid=IwAR1tCT__2K0JAZ9U4-em5T4RAIOIif5u1L9NNBrVjiBZ3wrYVMntXnE_-TQ
That story about wildfires, air quality, Covid and climate also appeared several science outlets, including Sciences et Avenir magazine and Science Xâs PHYS online publication:: https://phys.org/news/2020-09-california-wildfire-blankets-canada.html
And 4 years after being a full-time @TheTyee journalist (before going to report for TorStar) I was excited to return with some bylines in my favourite online magazine. Seriously, subscribe to their newsletters & donate; the writing & editing is top-notch https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/12/16/BC-Connection-India-Farmer-Revolts/
And finally, the 2020 project I enjoyed most was traveling & co-writing with @CaraMcK for a Salish Sea Sentinel mag cover story on Indigenous-led conservation, restoration & leadership:
https://salishseasentinel.ca/2020/07/kus-kus-sum-komoks-estuary-set-to-be-restored-after-decades-of-industrial-damage/
(You can also listen to us in podcast form! https://spreaker.com/user/coopradio/1006interview)
https://salishseasentinel.ca/2020/07/kus-kus-sum-komoks-estuary-set-to-be-restored-after-decades-of-industrial-damage/
(You can also listen to us in podcast form! https://spreaker.com/user/coopradio/1006interview)
Thanks for reading, sharing, engagingâŠIt was a tough year. I hope I helped somehow inform, inspire or impact you
Please keep supporting journalism shining some light & facts on issues important to you & your community ⊠God knows we need that now more than ever. Onward
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Please keep supporting journalism shining some light & facts on issues important to you & your community ⊠God knows we need that now more than ever. Onward
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