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I am an Ottawa-based writer and editor with a track record as an award-winning speech-writer and poet, and a reporter with experience across print and radio. I have built websites, coordinated social media outreach, and led marketing campaigns, while collaborating with teams to deliver compelling stories and multimedia content.…

Michael A. Smith

Podcast Editor, Assistant Editor, Video Editor, +6

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I am an Ottawa-based writer and editor with a track record as an award-winning speech-writer and poet, and a reporter with experience across print and radio. I have built websites, coordinated social media outreach, and led marketing campaigns, while collaborating with teams to deliver compelling stories and multimedia content.…

Available to hire

I am an Ottawa-based writer and editor with a track record as an award-winning speech-writer and poet, and a reporter with experience across print and radio.

I have built websites, coordinated social media outreach, and led marketing campaigns, while collaborating with teams to deliver compelling stories and multimedia content.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Assistant Editor at Canvet Publications Inc.

July 1, 2021 - July 29, 2025

Edited and fast checked print magazines and online content. Organised national and international travel. Managed staff and freelance writers.

Assistant Editor at CANVET Publications

March 1, 2022 - August 1, 2025

Responsible for fact-checking, editing, and executing publication of more than 20 print issues of LM and 13+ issues ofCUS; managed, edited and oversaw two staff writers and weekly columns; attended and reported on live events including press conferences, National Remembrance Day ceremonies, provincial and national RC/RCL conventions, academic conferences, and official government travel; produced comprehensive coverage of international events, including travel to France for the repatriation of an Unknown Soldier; documented feature 'The B'y's back'; organized and budgeted national and international travel.

Head Copy Writer at RVEZY

October 1, 2021 - April 1, 2022

Edited external and internal content; wrote RV lifestyle blogs; created a company-wide style guide.

Communications and Research Assistant at Ottawa Festival Network

April 1, 2021 - October 1, 2021

Managed marketing campaigns for festivals safety; government advocacy: attending meetings and writing letters; wrote online stories and produced a podcast with various industry leaders.

Author Interviewer and Q&A Facilitator at Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador

February 1, 2020 - February 29, 2020

Facilitated an hour-long interview and question period with a local Newfoundland and Labrador author.

General Reporter at VOCM News

August 1, 2019 - September 1, 2019

Covered municipal, provincial, and federal politics, local news, and community events.

General Reporter at CBC Radio

May 1, 2019 - August 1, 2019

Reporter for the show 'The Broad Cast'; pitched, recorded, and edited weekly radio stories; wrote greens, conducted pre-interviews, street reporters, and documentaries.