CMPA
A media magazine with a dual mission
The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) represents hundreds of independent film, TV, and digital media producers in Canada. Every fall, er, festival season, the CMPA publishes Indiescreen, a magazine that celebrates and inspires these producers with diverse content about recent productions, industry trends, and legislative activity at home and abroad. The magazine is also delivered to elected officials across the country, highlighting the quality and magnitude of Canadian content and reminding top decision makers of the screen industry’s outsized economic impact.
I’ve been the lead contributor on Indiescreen since 2017. Working closely with the CMPA communications team, I help shape each issue’s direction. Then I conduct interviews, do my research, and write the majority of the magazine’s editorial content—long- and short-form articles, news pieces, Q&As, and the message from the CEO—all under pressing deadlines and always with both of the magazine’s audiences in mind. Below are just several examples of my work for Indiescreen.
It’s an honour! In 2025, Indiescreen received several nominations from the National Magazine Awards: B2B, including Best Issue.
On the eve of its final season, the team behind Schitt's Creek's unprecedented success gets wistful
Nearly two decades after Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Nunavut's film and TV scene is punching well above its weight
Sustainable productions benefit the environment—and the bottom line
Catherine Tait, the first female president and CEO of the CBC, talks content, choice, and change at Canada's pubcaster
Spin Master Entertainment's über-popular property PAW Patrol is on a course of world domination
As director of the Indigenous Screen Office, Jesse Wente takes aim at Canadian culture
Drawing a straight(ish) line from SCTV to many landmark shows, past and present
To creative an immersive experience, VR creators must unlearn everything they know about filmmaking
A website that works
The CMPA represents media producers at the cutting edge of technology, but its own website was frozen in a past decade: clunky, unattractive, and overloaded with information that was frustratingly difficult to find. I sifted through hundreds of pages of content to pull out what users needed to see, massively streamlined the site architecture, and rewrote the entire site in web-friendly language. The CMPA now has a website its members can be proud of: one that showcases the amazing work they do in film, TV, and digital media, while letting them find the information they need—from labour agreements to internship applications—quickly and painlessly.
The CMPA website allows members to access resources quickly, and lets others delve into Canada's vibrant production industry