Role: Freelance News Writer As a news writer for CTV News, the news division of Canada’s largest private broadcaster, I wrote voiceover scripts, headlines, banners, intros, on-screen supers, Alexa newscasts, and other broadcast copies for various programs, including CTV News Channel, National News, and local affiliate stations. News Scripts Voiceovers, Report Intros, Alexa Newscasts CTV […]
Selected scripts for newscasts played on Amazon Alexa: HERE ARE THE TOP STORIES.************************************************************************************************ HEADLINE – CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS TIED FOR VOTES DURING THE FIRST WEEKEND OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN. PARTY LEADERS ARE MAKING THEIR STOPS TO WOO VOTERS. THE LATEST NANOS POLL SHOWS THE CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS ARE IN A DEADLOCK. AND IF AN […]
Selected on-camera intro voiceovers for broadcast reports: Banner — HONG KONG BRACES FOR MORE PROTESTS | Fear of military intervention looms as Chinese troops amass at the border HONG KONG IS BRACING FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF PROTESTS … WITH MORE THAN A MILLION EXPECTED TO GATHER AT TODAY’S RALLY. BUT WHILE DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE REMAINED PEACEFUL […]
Selected voiceover scripts that appeared in regular newscasts: BANNER – JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S SUICIDE UNDER INVESTIGATION (O/C): ACCUSED SEX TRAFFICKER JEFFREY EPSTEIN WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS NEW YORK JAIL CELL. (V/O): AUTHORITIES SAY HE HANGED HIMSELF EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. EPSTEIN WAS TAKEN OFF SUICIDE WATCH BUT IN A SEGREGATED CELL AT THE TIME. THE 66-YEAR-OLD […]
Role: Multimedia Journalist As a locally contracted, independent Canadian journalist for Xinhua, I covered daily news stories for the agency’s Toronto Bureau. I also edited and translated reports, and produced online articles and voiceover scripts for Xinhua’s English edition. Selected Articles Blogs Journalism Writing Xinhua News Agency Canada Central Bank Maintains Interest Rate at 1 […]
Solemn ceremonies mark the first anniversary of the March 11th earthquake The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto (JCCC) observed the first anniversary of the March 11 earthquake, and the subsequent tsunami that inundated Japan’s northeastern coastline last year, with an afternoon of prayers, solemn ceremonies and a moment of silence. In his opening address […]