JHENIFER PABILLANO

Blogger from October 2008 to present

In October 2008, I launched the Buzzer blog, the web companion to the Buzzer newsletter and TransLink’s main corporate blog. Almost every weekday thereafter, I’ve updated the blog with features about our system and tidbits on transportation issues in Vancouver and beyond. After two years of publishing, the blog now has over 950 posts and 9,500 comments—happily, it has attracted a wonderful community of readers, and has become a central place for many to chat and ask questions about Metro Vancouver’s transportation system. I’m also able to pipe customer feedback directly to TransLink staff to help inform our work. And the blog won the 2010 Best Blog award from the American Public Transportation Association!

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Editor from January 2008 to present

In January 2008, I took over as editor of the Buzzer, the newsletter distributed on all Lower Mainland transit vehicles since 1916. I updated the design, changed up the voice of the publication, and added the FareCard contest, the Back Issues history feature, and bright new colours! And almost immediately, customers started sending in e-mails with compliments on the new look. The audience remains strong: the FareCard contest counts over 1,000 entries every issue!

In late 2008, I took more of an “editor-in-chief” role at the Buzzer, with Carol Evans coming on board to help with production. As of March 2010, Jennifer Despins now helps me produce the Buzzer.

Click here to see the Buzzer archive of back issues.

Published in the Nov/Dec 2005 issue of Adbusters magazine

This article was published in an issue dealing with precarity, which looked at areas of troubling uncertainty in the world. It highlights how pharmaceutical companies can spread medical misinformation by pursuing profit motivations instead of the public good.

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Published 21 July 2005 at TheTyee.ca

This article was one of the “word of the week” articles published in the Tyee’s culture section. The Tyee word of the week defines a sub-culture, a convenient hook to let writers explore an area of contemporary B.C.

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Published 16 July 2005 in ed magazine, a section of the Edmonton Journal

While in London during the 7 July bombings, I spent the off-hours of my CBC internship writing this article for my hometown newspaper. It looks at Canadian expats in London and their reactions to the bombings.

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Published 16 September 2003 in the Gateway, student newspaper at the University of Alberta

A movie review of the Fighting Temptations, which ran as the lead story in the Arts & Entertainment section.

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Published September 2003
Canadian Undergraduate Physics Journal (CUPJ)
Volume 2 Issue 1

I highlighted key women in scientific history in this CUPJ feature. And I even got permission for many photos from numerous scientific organizations, who were very kind in contributing to a non-profit student journal.

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Published 30 January 2003 in the Gateway, student newspaper at the University of Alberta

A profile of Lesley Scorgie, a then-second-year business student with an enormous investment portfolio. This article was later reprinted on the U of A Public Affairs department website at their request, and was selected for distribution by the Canadian University Press features wire.

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Published 17 September 2002 in the Gateway, the student newspaper at the University of Alberta

Legendary consumer advocate Ralph Nader delivered the opening speech at the U of A Students’ Union’s first annual Eco-Conference. Shortly after publication, this article was selected for distribution on the Canadian University Press newswire, a student press news exchange that reaches 70 campus newspapers nationwide.

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