I graduated from Humber College in 2006, from the journalism-print and
broadcast program.
I started interning at 680News during that same year. As all interns do, I
put together a couple of demo tapes and threw them into an intern file. At the
time, the station happened to be looking for a new part-time overnight traffic
reporter; they listened to my demo and next thing I knew I was asked if I was
interested in doing traffic.
And so it began. I started training for traffic and began working overnights.
Overnights were a struggle and learning the entire city of Toronto (a city I did
not grow up in) was a huge challenge. I studied maps, went through the cameras
on a daily basis and let's just say "Google Maps" has become my best friend. It
was hard work -- especially going from overnight to evening to day and so on --
but sticking with it paid off.
680News and Citytv joined forces November of 2007. Breakfast Television was
going to start using 680News as their new traffic source and they needed someone
to be the traffic reporter. So, after numerous morning auditions, I got the job
as the traffic reporter for Breakfast Television. I was scared at first and I
didn't think I could do it, but now I love it. I learn something new everyday
and I love getting up and going to work in the morning. I also do a split shift
so you can also find me doing the traffic for Citytv news at 5 p.m.