CEDRIC LIZOTTE
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
CONTACT:
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FREELANCE JOURNALIST
AND PHOTOGRAPHER
CONTINENTS
CONDIMENTS.COM
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
I am a freelance journalist. I mainly write about travel, food and
new technologies. I’m regularly published in the Huffington
Post, VICE, FlightNetwork, Journal de Montréal, Metro,
Canada.com and MSN, among others. Please see my full portfolio at www.continentsandcondiments.com
OTHER KNOWLEDGE
FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
--> Food and travel blogger
www.continentsandcondiments.com
Many of my travel photos are published as series in different
publications. All of my articles come with pictures I took myself.
I’ve also covered sport events, concerts and press conferences
for different newspapers.
--> Social media manager
Canoe (part-time), C&C
ONLINE EDITOR
--> Language teacher
Private English and French lessons - 2013-14
I have more than five years of experience as an online editor. I
worked on the homepages of the following sites: CBC (French),
Canoe, Journal de Montréal and MSN Quebec.
--> Translator/proofreader (English to French)
for TransPerfect - 2010-11
for Pointexec - 2003-11
TECH EDITOR
I worked in the QMI Agency newsroom in Montreal for about
three years, most of that time as the editor for the new technologies section. My tasks were: make editorial decisions, write
a weekly column, create illustrative photography and manage a
roster of freelance journalists.
--> Customer support and network admin
for Digital Days - 2007
--> Windows network administrator
for Pointexec - 1999-03
SKILLS
_ EDUCATION
average -- good -- excellent
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY - CELTA - CERTIFICATE
I have a certificate in teaching language to adults.
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY - JOURNALISM - B.A.
I have a bachelor’s degree in journalism. During my studies I was
the founding editor-in-chief of l’Organe, the only French paper in
an English university.
