mel@melissatait.ca
204.963.1373
My name is Melissa, and I take pictures (also known as peektures when I’m being silly). Sometimes the pictures speed by at 24 to 30 (or maybe even 60) frames per second. Sometimes it’s a still photograph. Either way, I really like to capture moments.
I’m based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba as multimedia editor at the Winnipeg Free Press. This actually means I work out of the Winnipeg Free Press News Café where people come to eat and drink and sometimes ask questions of Members of Parliament.
Prior to Winnipeg I was with Our Kids Media for a short time as multimedia manager. I spent a year in the newsroom at the Waterloo Region Record in 2010-2011 as a reporter/photographer, and one summer before that as photography intern.
I’m available for freelance and whatever visual ideas you want to throw at me in the Winnipeg area.
EDUCATION
Ontario College Diploma, Photojournalism
Loyalist College, 2010
BA, Concentrating in International Development, General degree
University of Guelph, 2004
AWARDS
Third place, Single Multimedia Project of the Year
2011 National Pictures of the Year, News Photographers Association of Canada
Honourable mention – Single Multimedia
2010 National Pictures of the Year, News Photographers Association of Canada
Finalist – Online Video Production
2010 Ontario Newspaper Awards
Second place – Student News Writing
2010 Better Newspaper Awards, Ontario Community Newspaper Association
2009 Millennium Excellence Award Program, In-Course Award
Government of Canada, Canada Millennium Scholarships – Post-Secondary
204.963.1373
My name is Melissa, and I take pictures (also known as peektures when I’m being silly). Sometimes the pictures speed by at 24 to 30 (or maybe even 60) frames per second. Sometimes it’s a still photograph. Either way, I really like to capture moments.
I’m based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba as multimedia editor at the Winnipeg Free Press. This actually means I work out of the Winnipeg Free Press News Café where people come to eat and drink and sometimes ask questions of Members of Parliament.
Prior to Winnipeg I was with Our Kids Media for a short time as multimedia manager. I spent a year in the newsroom at the Waterloo Region Record in 2010-2011 as a reporter/photographer, and one summer before that as photography intern.
I’m available for freelance and whatever visual ideas you want to throw at me in the Winnipeg area.
EDUCATION
Ontario College Diploma, Photojournalism
Loyalist College, 2010
BA, Concentrating in International Development, General degree
University of Guelph, 2004
AWARDS
Third place, Single Multimedia Project of the Year
2011 National Pictures of the Year, News Photographers Association of Canada
Honourable mention – Single Multimedia
2010 National Pictures of the Year, News Photographers Association of Canada
Finalist – Online Video Production
2010 Ontario Newspaper Awards
Second place – Student News Writing
2010 Better Newspaper Awards, Ontario Community Newspaper Association
2009 Millennium Excellence Award Program, In-Course Award
Government of Canada, Canada Millennium Scholarships – Post-Secondary