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Matt

Yuyitung

Writer/Communicator/Storyteller
About Me

About Me

As a professional, I believe I’m at my best when it comes to telling stories.  With a background in journalism and communications, I have a proven record of writing and editing content for a national audience.

My work has appeared in the National Post, Exclaim! Magazine, Artsfile, and I have worked as a copy editor and page layout designer for Postmedia. I have worked as the arts editor at The Charlatan, Carleton University’s student newspaper, where I not only worked on stories myself, but helped others create their own. I covered finance for the National Post, where I worked on pieces about topics such as real estate, the natural resource industry, and economic issues.

But my main specialty would have to be arts and entertainment writing, as I regularly write music reviews, enjoy covering topics like theatre, literature and visual arts, and have interviewed bands like Japandroids, Tokyo Police Club, Circa Survive, and The Elwins. I have talked to everyone from Oscar winners to aspiring student performers, and I find all their stories compelling in their own unique ways, and they all deserve to be shared. I have experience in written, visual, audio, and multimedia communications. These pieces include audio pieces about a latte art competition and a federal NDP leadership debate, and a multimedia piece on Ottawa safe injection sites.

As a communicator, I bring with me a genuine love of learning and writing, and using those skills to tell stories. Whether I’m talking to an author about their latest book, a theatre director about their latest production, a recent first-time homebuyer, or a Canadian comedy icon, I’m always interested in hearing what others have to share. I believe everyone has a story to tell, and I’m always working to be the person people trust to help tell their story to the world.

Work Experience

Work Experience

Intern, Postmedia Editorial Services (May 2019 - August 2019)

 

  • Copy edited content and wrote headlines to appear in daily newspapers like the Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald, Vancouver Sun, Montreal Gazette, and Edmonton Journal among others

  • Designed page layouts for the Vancouver Province 

Social media consultant, St. Timothy’s Anglican Church (May 2018-) 

  • Wrote advertising copy and helped formulate social media strategy on a freelance basis



Intern, National Post (April 2018-May 2018) 

  • Wrote and edited news stories and video pieces about the Financial Post section  

  • Contributed multiple online news pieces and a long-form feature on first-time home buyers

  • Served as production assistant on video shoots 

 
Arts editor, The Charlatan (Sept. 2017-April 2018) 

  • Selected stories to cover each issue, arranged media access for events. 

  • Managed a team of writers and contributors.

  • Edited stories, designed the layout of each week’s section.  

  • Worked with a team of editors to produce editorial content. 


Freelance journalist, (Sept. 2016-) 

  • Published in Exclaim!, Artsfile, Capital News, Centretown News, and the Toronto Jazz Festival website. 

Education: 
 

Education

Education

2019 - 

Centennial College

Graduate certificate, public relations and corporate communications

  • Worked alongside clients like Sistering and Alive Outdoors to plan events and create communications plans

  • Student member of the IABC

2014 - 2018

Carleton University

Honors Bachelor of Journalism

Contributed to community publications such as Capital News and Centretown News

Contact Me

Contact Me

msyuyitung@gmail.com
Tel: 647 380 7383

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