journalist
About
Kendall Latimer is an award-winning journalist with expertise in feature writing, podcasts, documentaries (audio and video), research, photography and videography. She works as a reporter and editor for CBC Saskatchewan and was previously employed by The StarPhoenix and the Bangkok Post. She has taken on numerous freelance projects and contracts. Questions? Contact: kplatimer@gmail.com
aWARDS
RTDNA Canada Award Winner (Best Canadian Local News Awards) | Feature News (Digital) | The Trading Post | 2024
RTDNA Canada Award Winner (Best Canadian Local News Awards) | Breaking News Small/Medium Market (Audio) | The arrest of Myles Sanderson | 2023
RTDNA Canada Prairie Region Finalist (Best Canadian Local News Awards) | Enterprise Journalism | Catch and release | 2023
RTDNA Canada Award Winner (Best Canadian Local News Awards) | Graphics (Digital) | Muskeg Under Threat | 2022
RTDNA Canada Prairie Region Finalist (Best Canadian Local News Awards) | Best Podcast (Audio) | The Pit | 2022
RTDNA Canada Prairie Region Finalist (Best Canadian Local News Awards) | Feature News (Audio) | Prairie Harm Reduction | 2022
Moviate Underground Film Festival | Official Screening Selection | Mood Meter | 2020
RTNDA Canada Award Winner (Best Canadian Local News Awards) | Digital Media Award | Walking with Elders | 2020
RTDNA Canada Prairie Region Finalist (Best Canadian Local News Awards) | Adrienne Clarkson Award | Reconciliation amid racism: Is it possible on the Prairies? | 2019
Yorkton Film Festival Finalist | Best of Saskatchewan Ruth Shaw Award | In Her Veins | 2017
Yorkton Film Festival Finalist | Best Student Production | In Her Veins | 2017
Emerge Media Awards Finalist | Videography | In Her Veins | 2017
Emerge Media Awards Finalist | Written Word (Magazine Feature) | Raising Change | 2017
selected lONGFORM & EXPERIMENTAL CREDITS
The Trading Post | Award-winning feature written and photographed for CBC News | 2023
The Pit | Investigative podcast for CBC News | Host, script writer, researcher and audio mixer | Episodes 8 - 17
Adventures with Charlie | Experimental video on Super 8mm film | Co-director | 2023
Prairie Harm Reduction (Who’s steppin’ up?) | Audio documentary for CBC’s The Doc Project | 2021
99.3 FM | Visual documentary | Director | 2022
Mood Meter | Experimental video on Super 8mm film | Co-director | 2019
Running Down a Dream | Written feature for Degrees Magazine | Writer and Researcher | 2019
Let it Shine | Written feature for Degrees Magazine | Writer and Researcher | 2018
Old Sisters and Others | Experimental video on Super 8mm film | Co-director | 2018
In Her Veins | Visual Documentary | Director of Photography | 2016
Raising Change | Written feature for The Crow Magazine | Researcher, Writer and Photographer | 2016
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with distinction | University of Regina | 2016
select GRANTS
Kay Robbins Travel Grant | 2016
Saskatchewan Association of Broadcasters | Tom G. Laing Scholarship | 2016
Saskatchewan Association of Broadcasters | EA (ED) Rawlinson Scholarship | 2016
University of Regina International Travel Fund | 2015
Mary Lou Ogle Scholarship for the Study of Communications | 2015
Department of Canadian Heritage | French as a Second Language Bursary | 2014