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Tag Archives: Toronto
Upscale doughnut shops satisfying grown-up tastes
Getting paid to write about gourmet doughnut shops coming to Toronto is awesome. Now I just need one of these places to open in my neighbourhood. Continue reading
Doughnuts and vaccines for the Toronto Star and some history in The Grid
In a big life decision, I decided to quit my full-time iPolitics gig and go back to full-time freelance. There are a few reasons for the move, mainly wanting to do more writing, get creative and explore some of my … Continue reading
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Tagged food, freelance, health, The Grid, Toronto, Toronto Star
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A trip to Ottawa, auditor general lock up and reporting on the Hill
An auditor general’s lock up is like Christmas for a journalist. There are bound to be gifts in the form of guaranteed stories about government shortcomings and misuse of tax dollars. I spent the last two weeks of November working … Continue reading
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Tagged auditor general, edit, Emily Senger, Hill, iPolitics, media lockup, Ottawa, Parliament, press gallery, Toronto
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Ontario election fever, back to the Hill and a wedding
What happened to August? And September, for that matter. Oh right, there was this, over here. And that took up most of August and the first week of September. Then I left the wheat fields, rolling foothills and Rocky Mountains … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta, Andrea Horwath, Dalton McGuinty, freelance, iPolitics, Ontario election, Ottawa, Parliament, politics, Tim Hudak, Toronto
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Explore magazine article: 10 women run 100 miles in the K 100
A freelance writer is only as good as their ideas. Most frequently, my ideas come from something I read, a little snippet of a newspaper or magazine article, or a blog post. Sometimes I get an assignment where an editor … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian Death Race, Explore, freelance writer, K 100, Kananaskis, Kananaskis 100 Mile Relay Race, magazines, Sinister 7, Toronto
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Writing on women, guns and guns for women in Canadian Business
I like guns OK. I’ve shot a few gophers in my day with the old .22 at the farm and, as a teen, I diligently checked firearm’s licenses before selling ammunition to farmers at UFA—that’s United Farmers of Alberta for … Continue reading
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Tagged bridal, bride, Canadian Business, firearms, freelance writer, guns, marketing, pistol, revolver, Toronto, women
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Go West, young journalists!
It was September 2009. My four-month summer contract at the National Post ended. Just like that. Done. Over. I had my run-down sublet apartment until the end of September, so I put out some more mouse traps, applied to a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta, CBC, employment, J-school, journalism, Masthead, Toronto, Venture Publishing
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The first post
Hello. Hello… is this thing on? I’m a freelance writer and editor living in Toronto’s east end. I’ve carved out this little niche on the Internet to show the world what I’m working on. Maybe you want to know more … Continue reading
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Tagged Emily Senger, freelance, freelance writer, magazines, Toronto, Toronto freelance writer
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