Terra Tailleur

BA (Alberta ), BJ (Vind), MJ (Vind/Dalhousie)

Terra Tailleur is an online news and multimedia specialist. She teaches students how to deliver news and information quickly and accurately, using appropriate storytelling forms for various digital platforms.

Terra spent nearly 20 years in newsrooms around the country. She started off as a newspaper reporter in Alberta. She worked for CBC Radio for five years — including two years above the Arctic Circle — crafting both news reports and documentaries. She spent 10 years with CBC.ca in Halifax. As a senior writer, she held every role within the web and digital world, from researcher and writer, to multimedia producer and social media curator.

Terra blogs about food issues when she’s not teaching, studying and tweeting about journalism.

Interests

Fast news, online writing, multimedia, mobile