Work Experience
Senior Director Digital Media, CBC News and Centres
Managing Editor – CBCNews.ca
Senior Editor – Digital news, Toronto Star, thestar.com
Reporter/Trainer – Toronto Star
Reporter – The Hamilton Spectator
Reporter – The London Free Press
Education
Bachelor of Journalism. Ryerson Polytechnic University. 1999-2001.
Bachelor of Arts Honours. English and Drama. Queen’s University. 1994-1999.
Awards
Winner, Digi Awards, Best overall news site 2012
Best news video, with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over, EPPY for CBCNews.ca’s Bullyproof
Winner 2012 Canadian Online Publishing Awards: Best overall, online-only site; best news coverage, best cross-platform project, best smartphone app, best mobile-optimized site, best tablet edition. Winner, 2011 Canadian Online Publishing Awards: Best online-only site, best news coverage, best tablet app Winner, 2011 Online Journalism Awards, best Multimedia Feature Presentation – Medium Site, and best Online Video – Medium Site. (CBCNews.ca/Shatila)
Winner, 2011 Canadian Online Publishing Awards
Gold awards for: best online-only site, best news coverage, best tablet app
Silver awards for: best use of social media, best smartphone app, best online-only article, best website design, best cross-platform initiative.
Winner, 2011 Online Journalism Awards, best Multimedia Feature Presentation – Medium Site, and best Online Video – Medium Site. (CBCNews.ca/Shatila
Winner 2011 Digi Awards, Best in Cross Platform (CBCnews.ca/binLaden)
Michener Award Finalist, 2002
C.B. Schmidt Western Ontario Newspaper Award for Novice Reporting, 2002.
Spot News Western Ontario Newspaper Awards, 2002.
Spot News Western Ontario Newspaper Award, 2001
Portfolio
Sites:
CBCNews.ca
thestar.com
Projects
Truth & Lies: The Last Days of Osama bin Laden
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/features/911/osama-bin-laden/
Kidnapped: The Search for Graham McMynn
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/features/kidnapped/
Canada Votes 2011
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/
Marissa Nelson 