journalist
Writer | Photographer | Filmmaker
Podcaster | Researcher | Editor
kplatimer@gmail.com
in the field
Journalist | CBC News | Saskatchewan | 2016 – Present
Kendall Latimer is an award-winning, multi-skilled journalist who tells stories with words, sound, photographs and video. Latimer is empathetic in her approach and strives to amplify voices. She’s passionate about writing in-depth stories that feature strong characters, however, she can also expertly deliver when it comes to breaking news. She’s got an eye for visuals and enjoys photography. Latimer also shares audio stories in many ways, from documentaries to podcasts to soundscapes. She can bring a storytelling project from pre-production to the final cut for any platform.
Latimer works as a multi-platform reporter who pitches, gathers and files stories for news and current affairs (online, on the radio, on television and social media.) She also fills in as a copy-editor and friendly mentor as needed.
Instructor and Lecturer | LOOK: A Mental Health/Film Initiative | 2018 - 2020, 2023
Latimer has offered a small helping hand to this vocational training program in Saskatchewan, which helps people living with mental health challenges to cope through the power of artistic and cinematic expression
Arts Feature Writer | The Bangkok Post | 2015
Print Journalist | Saskatoon StarPhoenix | 2015
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with distinction | University of Regina | 2015
AWARDS
RTDNA Canada Award (Best Canadian Local News Awards) | Breaking News Small/Medium Market (Audio) | The arrest of Myles Sanderson | 2023
RTDNA Canada: Prairie Region Finalist (Best Canadian Local News Awards) | Enterprise Journalism | Catch and release | 2023
RTDNA Canada Award (Best Canadian Local News Awards) | Graphics (Digital) | Muskeg Under Threat | 2022
RTDNA Canada: Prairie Region Finalist (Best Canadian Local News Awards) | Best Podcast (Audio) | The Pit | 2022
RTDNA Canada: Prairie Region Finalist (Best Canadian Local News Awards) | Feature News (Audio) | Prairie Harm Reduction | 2022
Moviate Underground Film Festival | Official Screening Selection | Mood Meter | 2020
RTNDA Canada Award (Best Canadian Local News Awards) | Digital Media Award | Walking with Elders | 2020
RTDNA Canada: Prairie Region Finalist (Best Canadian Local News Awards) | Adrienne Clarkson Award | Reconciliation amid racism: Is it possible on the Prairies? | 2019
Yorkton Film Festival Finalist | Best of Saskatchewan Ruth Shaw Award | In Her Veins | 2017
Yorkton Film Festival Finalist | Best Student Production | In Her Veins | 2017
Emerge Media Awards Finalist | Videography | In Her Veins | 2017
Emerge Media Awards Finalist | Written Word (Magazine Feature) | Raising Change | 2017
selected lONGFORM & EXPERIMENTAL CREDITS
The Pit | Investigative podcast for CBC News | Co-host, script writer, researcher and audio mixer | Episodes 8 - 15 (2021 - present)
Adventures with Charlie | Experimental video on Super 8mm film | Co-director | 2023
Prairie Harm Reduction (Who’s steppin’ up?) | Audio documentary for CBC’s The Doc Project | 2021
99.3 FM | Visual documentary | Director | 2022
Mood Meter | Experimental video on Super 8mm film | Co-director | 2019
Running Down a Dream | Written feature for Degrees Magazine | Writer and Researcher | 2019
Let it Shine | Written feature for Degrees Magazine | Writer and Researcher | 2018
Old Sisters and Others | Experimental video on Super 8mm film | Co-director | 2018
In Her Veins | Visual Documentary | Director of Photography | 2016
Raising Change | Written feature for The Crow Magazine | Researcher, Writer and Photographer | 2016
select GRANTS
Kay Robbins Travel Grant | 2016
Saskatchewan Association of Broadcasters | Tom G. Laing Scholarship | 2016
Saskatchewan Association of Broadcasters | EA (ED) Rawlinson Scholarship | 2016
University of Regina International Travel Fund | 2015
Mary Lou Ogle Scholarship for the Study of Communications | 2015
Department of Canadian Heritage | French as a Second Language Bursary | 2014