I’m a finalist for a Canadian Association of Journalists’ award

Caitlin | April 16, 2009

Just found out that I’m a finalist in the magazine category!

The article, “Go the Distance,” ran in Unlimited in 2008. You can find it in my portfolio or online.

I’m extraordinarily grateful to the magazine’s editor at the time, Dan Rubinstein, whose guidance and editing skills helped this story be the best it could be. Dan has won all kinds of awards for his writing and editing abilities and I’m glad to have had the chance to work with him.

Dan has actually provided a great deal of support to me over the years. As the editor of Vue Weekly, he helped me with my very first freelance story, about the death of cobblery (I was a cobbler’s assistant at the time). That experience really sold me on narrative journalism and freelancing in general, in fact.