Advocacy Journalism

Meghan Murphy is a writer and journalist based in Vancouver, B.C. She is the founder and editor of Feminist Current, which won Best Feminism Blog in the 2012 Canadian Blog Awards.

Murphy has been hosting and producing feminist radio since 2007. She holds a master's degree in gender, sexuality and women's studies from Simon Fraser University and has published work in The Globe and Mail, The Georgia Straight, Al Jazeera, Ms. Magazine, Alternet, Herizons Magazine, The Tyee, Megaphone Magazine, Good and at Rabble.ca. Follow her on Twitter.

Derrick O'Keefe, an editor at Rabble.ca, is a writer and social justice activist based in Vancouver, BC. He is the author of Michael Ignatieff: The Lesser Evil?, and the co-writer of Afghan MP Malalai Joya's political memoir, A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice.

In addition to his journalism and media activism, O'Keefe is a longtime anti-war activist and a co-chair of the Canadian Peace Alliance. You can follow him on Twitter.

Jackie Wong works as a freelance writer and journalist in Vancouver.

Currently, with the Tyee Solutions Society, a non-profit investigative media hub, she is working on an investigative series of feature articles about affordable housing challenges and solutions for Metro Vancouver and BC.

She also works closely with Megaphone magazine, a street newspaper whose mandate is to provide a voice and economic opportunity to homeless and low-income citizens while building grassroots support to end poverty.

Wong teaches an introductory journalism class for inner-city residents through Megaphone and SFU Woodward's. She is an instructor in SFU Continuing Studies' New Media Journalism Certificate.

Wong is interested in the intersections between writing, education, and community building. Outside of work, she enjoys the independent arts, running slowly and cooking in a tiny kitchen.

Sacha DeVoretz is an independent journalist currently based in North Vancouver. Sacha reports and blogs on a broad spectrum of stories both locally and internationally. Her in-depth coverage has been featured in the Vancouver Observer, Canadian Immigrant Magazine and Fox News Latino. Sacha is currently working on a documentary for Al Jazeera.