When I work on a story, I get the facts straight and present them in a way that's clear and interesting to read. I file on time and stick within my word limit. And I submit clean copy, guaranteed.
I began my professional journalistic career in the early 1980s in Edmonton, Alberta. Later, after earning a journalism degree at Carleton University in Ottawa, I landed my first (and only) full-time newspaper job as a reporter at the Kingston Whig-Standard in Kingston, Ontario. I later became a freelance music columnist and, later still, the paper's Entertainment editor.
Since leaving the Whig in 1987 to work independently, I've covered a variety of topics and reviewed books for many of Canada's best-known newspapers and magazines, including:
I began my professional journalistic career in the early 1980s in Edmonton, Alberta. Later, after earning a journalism degree at Carleton University in Ottawa, I landed my first (and only) full-time newspaper job as a reporter at the Kingston Whig-Standard in Kingston, Ontario. I later became a freelance music columnist and, later still, the paper's Entertainment editor.
Since leaving the Whig in 1987 to work independently, I've covered a variety of topics and reviewed books for many of Canada's best-known newspapers and magazines, including:
Journalism
Canadian Geographic
Explore
Outpost
Ontario Nature
Imperial Oil Review
Explore
Outpost
Ontario Nature
Imperial Oil Review
Equinox
Old Farmer's Almanac
Globe and Mail
Toronto Star
National Post
Old Farmer's Almanac
Globe and Mail
Toronto Star
National Post
I am a regular contributor to Kingston Life magazine and the
Queen's University Alumni Review.
Queen's University Alumni Review.