San Francisco, CA        cherhalt@gmail.com        Twitter: @_Herhalt        

WORK EXPERIENCE

Digital Journalist

CP24/CTV, Toronto, Ont.                    May 2015 – Aug. 2022

• Commandeered CP24 Twitter and Facebook accounts – both with 2+ million reach, during breaking news situations.
• Wrote breaking political, traffic, weather, crime and education stories, all optimized for SEO and multimedia content integration.
• Managed and optimized 20-30 news content packages per day, furnishing links, supplemental reporting and multimedia content.
• Tracked, logged and edited video content for online publication.
• Utilized industry-leading alerts and analytics software to maximize content reach.
• Led the national network’s ongoing coverage of Ontario’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reporter

Waterloo Region Record, Kitchener, Ont.                March 2014-May 2015

• Became city hall reporter covering City of Cambridge, Ontario in April 2014
• Led paper’s coverage of 2014 provincial general election
• Wrote local, business, municipal council and court stories for web and print publication.
• Broke municipal news stories concerning budgets, new buildings, labor disruptions and conflict of interest issues on Facebook and Twitter. 

Reporter/Photographer

Guelph Mercury, Guelph, Ont.                 May 2013-March 2014

• Wrote local, business and education-focused stories for print publication
• Led the paper’s coverage of ongoing financial reorganization at University of Guelph.
• Named Guelph city hall reporter in Aug. 2013.
• Traveled throughout Wellington County to generate original content and photographs relating to breaking news and long-form feature content.

Reporter

Waterloo Region Record, Kitchener, Ont.                May 2012-May 2013

• Wrote original local, business and politics stories for web and print publication.
• Used Twitter account to break pertinent news, buying time to complete writethrus, quick hits.
• Met tight editorial deadlines and frequently filed quickhit stories from locations across Waterloo Region.
• Participated in morning news meetings and helped produce News Update videos for therecord.com.

SKILLS

• Working knowledge of Final Cut Pro, Soundslides, Avid Interplay, Newsgate CCI, and Adobe products (Braze, Photoshop etc.)
• Extensive background in digital photography and image editing. 
• Knowledge of analytics applications such as Chartbeat and Publishflow.
• Extensive experience with CMS platforms such as Drupal, Joomla!, WordPress and Polypoly.
• Some French, basic conversational ability in Italian and German.
• Specialty in writing content in high-pressure deadline situations with tight turnaround times.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Journalism, High Honors

Carleton University                     Ottawa, ON        2012 

• Recipient of a K. Phyllis Wilson Scholarship for last three years of study.
• Recipient of the Len Coates Award for Automotive Journalism in third year.
• Awarded Dean’s List honors for each year of study.