I've been a copy writer/blogger, product reviewer, and Editor for Best Buy Canada for 9 years. My product reviews appear on my YouTube channel as well as Best Buy's channel. I've written for Hobby Farms magazine, Chickens magazine, the Globe and Mail, and the Vancouver Province.
Freelance writer and social media strategist Blogger - Life is Full of Adventures
During the 15 years, I have collaborated with other screenwriters in four movies and 15 TV series (150 episodes in total), achieving a total number of words over 4 million . I am a member of TVSC (China Radio and Television Association TV-Series Screenwriters Committee).
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.
I am a freelance news photographer. I take pictures of various newsworthy events around the Toronto-Quebec City corridor. I specialize in tech news and current events. My degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo has granted me insider knowledge modern tech. I am based in Ottawa, granting convenient access to important political events surrounding the national capital and easy travel to important Canadian cities between Toronto to Montreal.
OZ YILMAZ is an award-winning Canadian film director and producer. Among his films Portrait of a Photographer, Color of Sound, and the Hunt have all won awards in various film festivals. His latest documentary film is based on Burning Man festival, titled “Burning Man: Into The Realm.” has been recently selected as an Official Selection at Kansas International Film Festival. Many of his works deal with a variety of subject matters ranging from love, betrayal, art, social and political matters. Among his other film projects including Portragram, a selection of films directed and produced by Yilmaz featuring prominent artists from Canada. His films from Portragram project were premiered on April 1st, 2016 in Montreal’s prominent art center, Phi. His work as a film director for equality and gender issues titled “Kooples” for the Gay Pride in Montreal. Kooples project was premiered on August 26, 2016 in Montreal. Both of these projects were covered by newspapers, radio programs, and magazines. Yilmaz is also an accomplished screenwriter, poet, and photographer. He has authored eight books including literary works such as Liberatus, Obituaries from Heaven, and trilogy titled Poems from Montreal. Among his published works of photography are Afterhours, an exploration of the underground clubbing culture of Montreal and Espace A Louer, an urban exploration of the impact of economic crisis on local businesses.
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.
My writing experience includes the co-authorship of two YA graphic novels geared to reluctant readers and published by Oxford University Press—Unbelievable Philip and The iDance. I have written articles and reviews for Guts Magazine, ArtsEverywhere.com, A/J Alternatives Journal, Undercurrents: A Journal of Critical Environmental Studies, and Demeter Press. I have explored a range of topics from the HIV/AIDS crisis and how it connects to the gentrification of major US cities, to intergenerational living, to the environmental footprint of airports, to queer men and mothering. I have written communications pieces for GAB Communications, a Toronto-based boutique PR firm, specializing in the publicity and management of actors, musicians, TV personalities, celebrity chefs and high profile executives. I have written profiles and articles for the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University and grant applications, pitch documents, profiles, and press releases for private clients, including Toronto's Afro-Brazilian dance troupe, Dance Migration. I have been done manuscript evaluations for major Toronto publishing companies, advising both authors and publishers on manuscripts. I have also worked as a freelance copyeditor. I originally trained as an actor and musician at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) acting conservatory, as well as at York University's Jazz Voice conservatory. I worked as an actor in theatre and film/TV for six years before returning to York University to do a Master in Environmental Studies degree, where I merged my background in the performing arts with my critical interest in environmental justice. In 2016 a pilot screenplay I co-wrote was a finalist in Hollywood's 1st Annual TV Script Writing Competition and a semi-finalist in The Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition. I currently have a scripted series in development for television.
Award-winning Journalist since 1985 working in a variety of media from community newspapers to CBC Radio Sports Columnist, The Sudbury Star Professor, public relations at Cambrian College Award-winning author of Solo Yet Never Alone Swimming the Great Lakes
Andrea is a Toronto-based freelance journalist reporting on life, food and drink, business, travel, real estate and health. She has previously held full-time roles as a staff writer at Foodism Magazine, the Around Town and Clubbing Editor of Time Out Hong Kong and lead eCommerce copywriter at Hudson's Bay. Andrea was nominated for a 2017 National Magazine Award in Short Feature Writing for the story Kids of Koreatown.
John Zada is a writer, author and photographer based in Toronto, Canada. He's worked in the newsrooms of both CBC News Network and Al Jazeera English. John has also taught travel writing and magazine writing at George Brown College. John's freelance work has appeared in such publications as the Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Travel + Leisure, BBC, CBC, Al-Jazeera, New York Post, Explore, Maisonneuve, Montecristo, Los Angeles Review of Books, Toque & Canoe and Canadian Business. His first book, 'In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch', was chosen by Amazon as a Best Book of the Year in 2019. The Washington Post describes it as "a quirky and oddly captivating tale." Steve Donoghue of Open Letters Monthly calls the book "as eloquent and big-hearted as, for instance, Peter Matthiessen’s The Snow Leopard." Before turning his focus to writing, he spent several years working as a documentary filmmaker. He directed such projects as 'Up At Dawn: The Working Children of Egypt', and 'The Bitterest Exile'. More recently, John worked as a producer on 'Canada's Dark Secret' for Al-Jazeera, a film about Canada's residential school system.
I have nearly two decades of experience doing editorial and communications work. My employment and client roster has largely been in healthcare, largely in the hospital and primary care sectors, but I've also worked with national magazines, academic clients, religious organizations, and more. I've written for audiences covering everything from researchers and PhDs, to physicians and patients. I've created and executed communications plans and campaigns, created annual reports, edited newsletters, magazines, run communications surveys, done data analysis, and launched and managed websites. I can help you with your writing projects, editing needs, online content development, reports, and publications, as well as communications and digital strategy, assessment, gap analysis. Additionally, I'm a published freelance writer, recipe developer, and speaker and cooking class teacher. Find more details on my website.
I have published fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in Canthius, The Richest, Tomato Food and Drink, and the Prairie Journal of Canadian Writing, among others.
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.
I’ve been in marketing for my entire career, and all of my roles have required strong writing skills. As a freelance writer, I’ve written for numerous clients, and developed social and content strategies for small to mid-sized businesses - along with producing their content. I’m comfortable writing formally - white papers, CSR Reports, and more., but am equally as comfortable dashing off shorter, informal blog posts. Website content is a skill I’ve developed through the years, have written or edited the content for numerous site overhauls - both for large corporations, and small business owners.
