About Sherlyn
I'm full-time writer, researcher, and editor. My journalism experience focuses on social impact and justice. My magazine writing includes book reviews and author Q&As, pop culture, entertainment, and Christian faith and spirituality. I currently copy-write for a startup with an newsletter audience of over 17,000 subscribers. My research work includes preliminary research, interviewing key informants, and writing a position paper for a nonprofit. I have also edited a volume of personal essays, features, and short stories for an cultural educational grassroots magazine.
I am a confident interviewer who exercises due diligence to ensure accurate reporting. I regularly meet deadlines and I am a flexible enough to make quick turn-arounds for last-minute revisions and time-sensitive work.
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Brighton (up to 50km)
Experience
- Participatory Grantmaking CommunityManaging EditorCIVIC AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONSOctober 2022 - December 2022 (3 months)- shifted existing blog content on website to organization's new Medium blog page- edited in-progress blog posts and pitched, assigned and edited three new blogs to publish by the end of the year- sourced images from Unsplash and contributing writers, wrote alternative text for accessibility and uploaded to Medium account developed a recommended editorial calendar for the next four months- created a style guide, acting managing editor role duties document and a new channel in slack for contributors to pitch and discuss story ideas
- Everything ZoomerWeb CoordinatorPRESS AND MEDIASeptember 2022 - October 2022 (1 month)- pitched and wrote stories two to four stories daily for web publicationinterviewed authors and- uploaded articles to Wordpress and embedded Instagram, Twitter and YouTube images and videos to article- worked with art coordinator to find appropriate images, size them accordingly and embed them in web stories
- Freelance (Self employed)Freelance WriterPRESS AND MEDIAApril 2020 - Today (6 years and 2 months)Ottawa, ON, Canada- writes news, features, blogs, newsletters, profiles, opinion pieces, essays, reviews- covers social justice and social impact sector, faith and spirituality, literature, entertainment, careers- bylines in Future of Good, Broadview, Xtra, Everything Zoomer, Our Times, PANL Perspectives, TRAD, LAPP, Her Campus, The Charlatan, Carleton Journalists for Human Rights- publications: https://www.sherlynassam.com
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Education
- Master of Public Policy and Administration - MPA, Philanthropy and Nonprofit LeadershipCarleton University2022Master of Public Policy and Administration - MPA, Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership
- Bachelor of Science in JournalismCarleton University2020Bachelors of Journalism (Honours), Journalism & Political Science