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Rik Davie Managing Editor of The Scugog Standard |
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 Rik graduated from Durham College with an Honours Degree in Journalism and worked as a police and courts reporter for Hollinger Newspaper at The Durham Post, Thompson Newspapers at The Lindsay Post as well as an on-air reporter for CHEX television before coming to The Port Perry Star in 1997 as a staff reporter/photographer covering police, municipal government and education.Rik was a founding staff member of The Uxbridge Star and has written for The Toronto Star, Blue Line (the national police magazine) and Education Today. While at Durham College he won the Ontario Community Newspaper Award for student writing for his coverage of the Gagnon Sports Store murder trial. He also won the OCNA National Newspaper Award for news photography in 2006 for coverage of the fatal fire on Crandle St. in Port Perry. Rik and his wife and partner Linda led the core group of people who formed The Scugog Standard four years ago. The paper has since grown to the largest independently owned weekly newspaper in Durham Region and has been awarded one national and three provincial newspaper awards in the fields of news coverage and advertising design. His weekly column, Standard Transmissions is read by over 10,000 people weekly and his news team has recently begun to expand in the area of specialty publishing. He has interviewed three Prime Ministers, Two Premiers and one Oscar Winner as well as numerous people who think they are one of the three above. |
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Blake Wolfe |
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 Blake Wolfe is a Durham College graduate who, having always been told by teachers and classmates that his writing was one of his strong suits, chose to enroll in a college journalism program and pursue a writing career. He currently lives in Oshawa with his wife, Tara, and several pets. |
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Tracey Coveart |
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 Tracey studied journalism at Ryerson University and English at the University of Toronto and learned everything she needed to know about life from her parents, her kids, and dog, Wookie. A writer, editor and workshop facilitator, Tracey has 13 educational books published with The Teaching and Learning Company in the States and her essay 'I am a Mother' was published by Random House Canada in 'Dropped Threads III: beyond the small circle.' But it was her work at The Scugog Standard of which Tracey is most proud. Community news reaches people where they live, and Tracey considers it an honour and privilege to be invited into the homes and hearts of the people of Scugog Township. |
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Tom Thekan |
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Tom Thekan is a conditioning and weight coach for the Durham Rowing Club and UOIT.