Cheryl is a health writer with a background in allied health care. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Athabasca University and diplomas from Wild Rose College. Cheryl has written millions of words for leading health and lifestyle websites with a focus on healthcare, health and medtech, and consumer products.
Long-time contributor to Postmedia's Driving.ca and Driving section. Motorcycle features and column writer for several well-known publications, including Motorcycle Classics.
More than 20+ years as a journalist, with experience as an associate producer and news reporter with CBC Radio, as well as writing/editing for numerous publications around North America. Work has appeared on CBC Radio's The Current, The Early Edition, World Report, as well as in Canadian Geographic Magazine, Vancouver Sun, Science of Mind Magazine.
I am a freelance tech journalist and editor who has covered video games and their surrounding culture for Kotaku, Insider, Wired, and USA Today. I have written about Wikipedia's complex inner politics for Vice and The Verge. I am a routine guest on the iHeartRadio station C-FAX 1070, where I sometimes fill-in host or co-host a tech open lines programme and help break down complex tech stories into terms understandable by general audiences. I have been called a tech expert by Global News and been interviewed by them 3 times to date.
My work includes articles and photojournalism in newspapers, magazines, radio and online platforms as well as business and technical writing. My experience covers the computer field with hardware and software, the aerospace industry, security threats and mitigation, as well as writing craft, the theatre, and women’s issues. I am an author with published books in the genres of fantasy, science fiction and women's fiction. I have devised and presented education seminars for classroom and online courses in technology and sexual harassment training.
My love of writing has sparked an interest in editing and transcription, as well as traditional content writing. As early as elementary school, I assisted teachers in grading papers, spelling tests, and creative writing projects completed by my peers, this continued until I graduated highschool in 2018. As a teen, I was an active member of the online fanfiction community, primarily as a beta reader for other writers, but occasionally writing my own content. Through multiple volunteer and paid positions, I have handled taking and transcribing meeting minutes, edited and updated bylaw documents, as well as creating and maintaining multiple organizational systems. I may not have a degree but I have a fair amount of practical experience
Writer/editor with 20 years of progressively senior positions in consumer and business publications across print and digital platforms. Currently a freelance food and travel writer, regularly contributing to ForbesLife and Food Network Canada. Previous roles include editorial director of three Canadian magazines geared towards chefs and editor in chief of two national style and jewellery B2B magazines. Member of the Association of Food Journalists.
Freelance writer and social media strategist Blogger - Life is Full of Adventures
I have 15 years of experience as a daily newspaper reporter and editor, and more than that as a web content producer, copywriter for two large Saskatchewan agencies, feature writer and communications consultant.
Sandy Yong is a personal finance writer, TEDx and Keynote Speaker, and the award-winning author of The Money Master. She's also an avid real estate investor owning several rental properties. Her work has been featured in a variety of platforms including MoneySense, BiggerPockets, TurboTax, and Money We Have.
Freelance Journalist — Farming for Tomorrow, GrainsWest, The Flatlander, Canadian Freelance Guild Storyboard, CBC Saskatchewan, Pattison Media, and Glacier Farm Media, September 2022 - Present — Western Producer, August 2017 - February 2021 — Humboldt Journal, August 2019 - March 2020 News Editor and Agricultural Freelance Journalist — Pattison Media, February 2021 - August 2022 Municipal Affairs Reporter, Northern Saskatchewan — Glacier Media, April 2020 - January 2021 Editor and reporter — Humboldt Journal, August 2015 - August 2018
I bring over 10 years in film and multimedia journalism experience including working for CBC and APTN News. I have worked and available for work as a film producer as I have for environmental groups, community greenhouses, and Indigenous organizations. I bring multimedia storytelling training and mentorship as under Journalists for Human Rights in remote Northern Ontario First Nations. I am working on expanding into independent film production while based and available for work across the Territories. I bring experience and a passion for northern and arctic living, climate change, human rights, missing and murdered, Indigenous rights, local foods harvesting. I have also connections and interests in African countries as Rwanda, Guatemala-Central and South America.
