Sydney has a 20-year career in journalism doing… just about everything. She is a multiplatform content strategist who has led creative teams at some of the country’s most renowned media brands. She has also: written and edited for magazines and newspapers; launched lucrative and engaging branded content campaigns; edited several lifestyle books; storyboarded videos; helped build dynamic new digital media brands; worked as an editorial consultant and writing coach; dabbled in social-first storytelling; taught journalism and been interviewed on panels, podcasts, newscasts and morning shows.

Over the years, Sydney has been nominated for 15 National Magazine Awards and Digital Publishing Awards (and won five). Her work has appeared in The Walrus, Maclean’s, the Globe and Mail, Elle, Broadview, Flare, the Toronto Star, Cottage Life, Reader’s Digest, Huffington Post, House & Home, the National Post, Nuvo, Today’s Parent, The Kit and more. 

Sydney was previously content director at enRoute, where she led her team in an award-winning print and digital redesign and, prior to her time at enRoute, was health editor, then features director, at Chatelaine. Most recently, she was editorial lead at Plan International Canada, an international humanitarian organization dedicated to advancing children’s rights and equality for girls, and she is currently editorial director of Range, a travel and lifestyle magazine published by Navigatr. In her spare time, she teaches journalism at Centennial College in Toronto. 

Sydney lives in Oakville, ON with her husband, two children and a flat-coated retriever named Poppy.