After graduating from Langara College's journalism school, I began working as a reporter for the fast-paced, broadcast-oriented Castanet publication in summer 2016, where I was part of a team that broke quick stories regularly. From there, I moved to the Penticton Western News a year later, focusing more on comparatively longer-form journalism and made a name for myself as one of the top journalists in the Okanagan region. There, I published investigative scoops and thoughtful features that offered new perspectives on issues facing the city. That work won me first prize in the Canadian Community Newspaper Association awards for Outstanding Reporter Initiative. In 2018, I moved to the Abbotsford News, where I continued to write investigative news stories about the local school district and compassionate features about the local homeless and drug user community—and that latter work earned me a Jack Webster Foundation award for Best Community Reporting. In 2019, I moved to Burnaby and New Westminster, where I continued to work on a variety of beats, from city hall to local businesses to school boards to cops and crime. And my work there landed me, once again, as a finalist in the Webster Awards for Best Community Reporting. Finally, in 2021, I helped to launch a brand new outlet, Burnaby Beacon, for the startup Overstory Media Group, being part of a small team of three that built our subscription base up to 15,000 over the following-year-and-a-half. In December 2022, I was laid off from that position and have since struck out as a freelance writer and journalist.
- Diploma, Langara College journalism program, 2014-16 - Diploma, International School of Tanganyika, International Baccalaureate, year of 2009
writing, video editing, editing, photography, copyediting, copywriting, SEO
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-godfrey-9718a1108/
Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ)
