Joëlle Pouliot

Experience

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  QMI News Agency

  Aug 2010 - Jun 2011

  Editorial Assistant

  -Coordinating incoming articles and photos by freelancers-Helping editors plan daily news coverage

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  Montreal Gazette

  Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Intern reporter

  -Summer internship as a reporter covering city news and the police beat. Also covered elections in Kanesatake and the Guy Turcotte trial.-Online reporter/editor: updating web content, proofreading articles, writing headlines for SEO optimization, sharing content with social media.

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  Freelance

  Sept 2011 - Apr 2014

  -Blogger for Bell Media's entertainment website Envedette.ca : writing weekly articles about the movie industry in French (Blogue Cinéma).-Blogger for DocGeeks.com : writing documentary film reviews in English-Writing profiles for "10 % and Rising" : a project by British photographer Leonora Saunders, featuring women representing 10 percent or less of their work industry. Contributor for feature articles from London for : - The Montreal Gazette (www.montrealgazette.com)- QMI News Agency (published in French for Canoë, 24 Heures, Journal de Montréal)

  • Journalist

    Jan 2010 - Apr 2014

  • Journalist

    Sept 2011 - Mar 2012
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  CBC

  Apr 2012 - Jul 2012

  -Features for The World This Weekend programme

  • Freelance Radio Journalist

    May 2012 - Jul 2012

  • Intern for CBC News Television and Radio

    Apr 2012 - Jun 2012
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  Films of Record (Documentary Production Company)

  Nov 2012 - Nov 2012

  Researcher

  Internship as a researcher for documentary films: -Research for the BBC series "Changing Fortunes".-Research and filming across London for the Channel 4 doc "Hugh Grant: Taking on the Tabloids". -Developed the proposal for a new documentary to be filmed in 2013.

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  BBC

  Apr 2013 - May 2013

  Work placement with the BBC World Service

  -Research, guest booking and pre-interviewing for BBC World Have Your Say and Newshour programmes

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  Human Rights Watch

  Apr 2013 - Aug 2013

  Researcher

  Media monitoring (in English and French-language media) and research for the Great Lakes team of the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch in London. Monitoring human rights abuses in Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo and doing research with reports by the UN and the ICC.

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  AFP

  Oct 2013 - May 2014

  Video Production Assistant

  Editing and translating (English + French) video content for AFPTV's Europe and Africa newswire

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  Wanted Yesterday

  Mar 2015 - Sept 2015

  Freelance translator and copywriter

  Copywriting and translating in English and French for Wanted Yesterday, which offers express and overnight/over-weekend services.

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  The New York Times

  May 2015 - Jun 2015

  Freelance

  Freelance producer for The New York Times video section.

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  JAB Productions

  Apr 2016 - Jun 2016

  Researcher & translator

  Freelance researcher & translator for JAB Productions, a video production company, working on short documentaries and video segments.

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  VICE Media

  Jun 2016 - Jan 2017

  Pigiste pour VICE du Jour

  Pigiste pour l'équipe vidéo et documentaire de VICE du Jour

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  HuffPost

  Sept 2016 - Jan 2017

  Freelance Writer
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  WAM

  Nov 2017 - Dec 2017

  Researcher for The Detectives (CBC) true-crime documentary series
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  Educational Institution

  Jan 2018 - now

  Freelance Journalist
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  Mouvement Santé mentale Québec

  Nov 2018 - Jul 2022

  Communications Coordinator
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  Koze

  Oct 2021 - Oct 2022

  Documentary Filmmaker

  Co-director, co-scriptwriter and narrator of a documentary web series about caregivers in mental health. This 8-part series was funded by the Stories for Caregivers Telus Fund."BETTER" is available here: https://www.storiesforcaregivers.com/

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  Mustang Productions

  May 2023 - Sept 2023

  Researcher

  Research, writing and pitches for several ongoing documentary projects, in English and French.

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  Poutine studios

  Nov 2024 - now

  Researcher
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  Parafilms

  Feb 2025 - now

  Researcher and director