susan lazaruk

i work as the court reporter, covering everything from lawsuits between squabbling neighbours to murder trials and multi-million judgments in b.c. supreme court.

got my first byline buzz and freelance cheque at age 10 after sending in a one-line “story” to the winnipeg tribune (rip) for a feature called i saw that, which invited readers to send in quirks and oddities (in my case, a neighbour who shoveled his walk wearing a speedo), and i was hooked.

my second newspaper job was delivering the trib (never got to write for it). reading the comics in its pages every day engrained a daily newspaper habit, which i still indulge today after the paper lands at my door every morning.

i’m lucky or blessed to have worked doing something i still get a charge out of -- gathering interesting information and sharing it with others — each new day.

nominated twice for national newspaper awards and three times for b.c.’s webster awards.

experience

stonewall argus

winnipeg free press

toronto star

calgary herald

canadian press

the province and vancouver sun

education

ryerson polytechnic — bachelor of applied arts in journalism, graduated 1989

red river community college — creative communications, diploma, graduated 1984

why i love journalism

i gather information about interesting things, sometimes quirks and oddities, and tell other people about it, to inform, enlighten, hopefully sometimes help and entertain.