I'm Taylor.
A Vancouver-based film/television tech professional and freelance journalist.
I dispatch for 19+ departments for major film productions and TV shows shooting in British Columbia.
Specialties include communications, reporting, privacy, data, and conflict resolution in the motion picture industry.
My debut book If At First You Don’t Succeed is slated for 2022 [fingers crossed]
Available in print/ebook potentially on a blockchain domain.
You can read my Substack newsletter here🔗
▫️ Contents:
- Interview profiles
- Freelance/founder conversations
- Book writing/design/marketing
- Resources/research
| Writing topic | Project descriptions |
|---|---|
| SaaS | Covered Virtual Assistant industry in Canada. Interviewed Virtual Gurus CEO & founder, Bobbie Racette |
| Artificial Intelligence | Covered role of AI software solving homelessness. Interviewed Toronto's Ample Labs CEO & founder, CG Chen |
| Crypto/Blockchain | Covered e-residency for freelancers/founders. Discussed travelling to Estonia in 2014 |
| Conservation | Covered Peruvian Canadian NGO founder & Uma Rumi president Mara Brcic Bello located in Sacred Valley Peru |
| Bitcoin | A Fall book review w/ Q+A with Financial Post reporter Ethan Lou for a Bitcoin book available in October. Interviewed source and witness based in Italy |
| Crypto/Fintech/Decentralized Finance | Covered remote crypto entrepreneurship. Interviewed CEO & Founder Tim Frost YIELD App based in Bangkok |
| International News | DEVELOPING: Covering Afghanistan withdrawal and Taliban targetings ongoing sources in Kabul, Pakistan, Canada, US, UK, Australia UPDATED: Reporting on IRCC applicants unable to leave Afghanistan |
| NFTs/SaaS | 1200 word piece on Adobe Photoshop's move to implement NFT tools for photoshop users |
| International human rights | Guest sequel essay on Globe and Mail op-ed by Author Rahela Nayebzadah on family stuck in Kabul |
| Startups in conflict zones | Phone interview with ASEEL founder Nasrat Khalid on how startups are responding to Afghanistan crisis |
Curious >>
current events, social issues, international politics, history, law, business, philosophy, technology and startups, investing, culture, health sciences, sustainability, economics, poetry, film, design, science-fiction, marketing, startups, IT security and privacy, innovation, harm reduction, python, crypto, blockchain, decentralized finance.
Objective >>
I'm using git to track both freelance and book deadlines while experimenting with skeleton drafting. I'm working with collaborators for book cover design, marketing, & distribution.
🌐 Pitching tips/fyi for PR companies:
I love hearing unconventional stories.
- I write independent journalism occasionally contributing to outlets.
- Pseudonyms are allowed for interviewees by request verification.
- Prep is research and fact-check based.
- For startups: I'll cover a full range of topics esp. technical writing.
- Can be contacted for ghostwriting/marketing.
- Interested in covering founder journeys in tech, media, film, crypto, blockchain.
[3-5 sentence max pitch]
🔹 Questions + comments + feedback + collaborations ↓
🔹 Sig. taylorsimone@protonmail.com
🔹 Keybase + discord + telegram + signal by request.
