Selected Work
Published Work News: Your Best Stuff Blog CBCNews.com 2008-2009 Environment: Go Green Nine easy ways you can help save the planet Chatelaine.com, April 2007 Health: Body Image How to encourage a healthy positive attitude Kaboose.com, Spring 2006 Parenting & Kids: Back-to-school Countdown & Tips for the first day: Kindergarteners and Grade One Parenting & Kids: Love the Zoo Kaboose.com, Summer 2006 Mental Health: Writing Wrongs Chatelaine, October 2002 Nominated for a National Magazine Award. Health: More options, period Chatelaine (May 2003 & again in special issue 2006). Food & Nutrition: Fruit + veggies 101 Chatelaine.com (seasonal installments, 2002 and 2003). Relationships: 5 ways to meet your mate Chatelaine.com (February 2003). Food & Nutrition: What kind of eater are you? Chatelaine.com (March 2003). Relationships: One night, nine dates Chatelaine.com (February 2002). Won Best Original Online Writing, Roger’s Media. Technology: Are you game? Chatelaine and Chatelaine.com (September 2002). Technology: Conceivable Options Herizons (Fall 2002). Environment: Will women save the earth? Herizons (Spring 2001). References Elizabeth May and other leading Canadian women environmentalists. Entertainment Feature: New Ad-itude Herizons (Winter 2000). Politics: Clinton’s package obscures real issues The Barometer (October 24, 1999). Politics: Blame Canada… for having some standards The Barometer (January 27, 2000). Entertainment Column: America not very Cosmopolitan about women’s sexual freedom The Barometer (January 20, 2000). This column was picked up by the American university wires and published across the country. Graduate Research: Uncovering Women’s Magazines: Editors’ Perspectives on the Relationship between Editorial and Advertising Content in Women’s Fashion/Beauty Magazines,” Oregon State University (June 2000). |
| Awards • Finalist, Leonardo da Vinci Awards for Creativity and Innovation, business category. Kaboose.com team. • Awarded Best Print/Web Integration, Rogers Media 2005, as the editor of the “Step Diet Chatelaine Walking Club” program. • Awarded an honorable mention for Best Online Tool, Rogers Media 2004, as the editor of the “Motivate Me” newsletter program, Chatelaine. • Awarded Best Original Online Writing, Rogers Media 2002, for the article “One night, nine dates.” Nominees for this award were selected from Canada’s largest magazine Web sites. Awarded nomination by the Editor-in-Chief for a National Magazine Award for “Writing Wrongs,” published in Chatelaine magazine (October 2002). The article explored online communities and health. |