Karen is the co-founder of Taproot Publishing Inc. and the Alberta Podcast Network. She previously worked as a reporter and editor for 14 years at the Edmonton Journal before leaving the newsroom in 2011 to start a consulting business and teach journalism.
Karen has a Masters in Journalism from Carleton University and attended the beat business training program at CUNY's Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism in the summer of 2015.
Recent work by Karen
Readers share what this year's Canada Day means to them
On the occasion of Canada's 159th birthday, we invited Taproot readers to tell us how they're thinking about Canada Day in this very strange year.
Edmonton breaks rainfall record; police shoot and kill 59-year-old man after series of hit-and-runs; Supreme Court rules against Edmonton Police Service.
Agritourism champions bring lessons from Strathcona County to the world
Agritourism is evolving into a sophisticated blend of agriculture, tourism, hospitality, retail, and education, but municipalities are not always keeping pace with policy, says a presentation that Bryanna Kumpula-Yung of Bar OA Farms and Eiblis Doherty of Strathcona County Tourism are giving in Scotland this week.
Edmonton leaders react to tougher bail and sentencing; FlixBus launches round-trips from Edmonton to Jasper; All Weather at Home unveils massive solar array
Council allocates $925K for winter day spaces
Edmonton city council has voted to fund daytime shelter spaces for another winter after a city report found that more than 6,600 people visited such spaces last season.
Strong showing for Edmonton writers at Alberta Literary Awards
Several Edmontonians were among the honorees at the Alberta Literary Awards, presented by the Writers Guild of Alberta on June 5.
Crisis diversion dashboard shows patterns of response
A group of social agencies has released the pilot version of a dashboard to track responses to crises across Edmonton in an effort to better tell the story of crisis diversion and return actionable information to the community.
TELUS to beta-test Indigenous-powered AI tool
TELUS will become the first beta tester of wâsikan kisewâtisiwin, a writing tool that uses artificial intelligence to help non-Indigenous people accurately communicate about Indigenous Peoples by correcting unconscious bias or racism in written material.
'Edge cities' should maintain unique identity, says urban scholar
While much effort has been put into creating a cohesive identity for the Edmonton metropolitan region, something important will be lost if the municipalities around the big city lose themselves, says Murtaza Haider, executive director of the Cities Institute at the University of Alberta.