Michelle Porter
August 2005
Telegraph-Journal
Senior provincial, feature and business reporter
Chronicle-Herald, Saltscapes, Progress Magazine
Freelance writer
Domestic Violence Community Action Group
Community Mobilization
Co-ordinator and Project Manager
Co-ordinator and Project Manager
University of New Brunswick
Editor/Writer
Writing workshop instructor
YMCA/YWCA Saint John Settlement Services
Project Manager and Researcher
ESL Instructor
Sterling News Service
Reporter
The boy who lost everything
Telegraph-Journal
Winner of 2005 Gold Atlantic Journalism Award
Winner of 2005 Gold Atlantic Journalism Award
Novelists rarely tell the story of a novel’s birth. Sheree Fitch did.
Seven years ago a simple
Forget rural New Brunswick, task force advises
The Telegraph-Journal
This story was written after an editorial board meeting with a man hired to write recommendations
Protesters disrupt Atlantica conference
Halifax Chronicle Herald
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
A three-day business conference and a disputed vision for Atlantic Canada’s future. Two stories
Land of broken dreams
Telegraph-Journal
Immigration at what cost? The first in three-part investigative series.
Yang Shaomin and Lu Hong
Loophole allows uncertified consultants
Telegraph-Journal
Immigration at what cost? The second in an investigative series.
Some never meet the clients they
The good banker
Telegraph-Journal
Each weekday at noon Bill Gale used to walk down Saint John’s King Street. Wearing a fitted suit
Power to the people
Progress Magazine
The workplace of the future?
Morris Mendelson knows there is a way to maximize profits and
The search for family
Telegraph-Journal
This is an oldie, but a goodie.
Eight-year-old Melanie Clark grins widely when her adopted
This is my portfolio. Journalism has been my passport into strange new territories: such as the public meetings of government officials, the hostile and secret headquarters of regional student resistance, the homes of disaffected immigrants, the heads of emerging writers and my own office, waiting for that last source to call so I can plug the holes in my story and head home.
Portfolio
Name:
Michelle Porter
Michelle Porter
Occupation:
Writer / Journalist / Editor
Education:
B.A. Journalism
Mount Royal College
Post-grad Certificate in ESL Education
University of New Brunswick
Awards:
2005 Gold Atlantic Journalism Award for The boy who lost everything
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