509 Seymour Dr., Oakville, ON, Canada, L6L 3K2  Tel: (905) 825-5477;  dmorris03@alumni.princeton.edu

EXPERIENCE

Various Publications

Freelance Contributor

Toronto, ON

Jan 2002-Present

• Writer for alternative weeklies including eye Weekly (Toronto), Minneapolis City Pages, and Seattle Weekly.
• Also contributes to Dusted Magazine, a webzine that receives two million hits monthly.
• Publisher of culture blog Slap Dee Barnes since 2002.
• Presented a paper on punk in fiction at the EMP Pop Conference in Seattle, WA in April 2004.

Eye Weekly

Editorial Intern

Toronto, ON

Oct 2004-Dec 2004

• Contributed reviews and features on music, film, theatre, food and local events.
• Responsible for fact-checking entire publication.
• Compiled listings for Theatre, Comedy and Film sections; introduced a chart-based tracking system.

Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Film & Media Studies)

International Fellow

Singapore, SG

Jul 2003-Jul 2004

• Created course “How Rock Music Developed”; developed new lectures and course materials.
• Instructed Radio Production students in ProTools, on-air presentation skills and script writing.

Nassau Weekly

Culture Editor

Princeton, NJ

Jan 2002 – May 2003

• Edited culture section of weekly university magazine featuring reviews of music, movies, books, and art.
• Produced special issues including the Top 10 issue, profiled in The New Yorker magazine.

103. 3 WPRB-FM

Program / Production Director / Technical Director / DJ

Princeton, NJ

Dec 1999 – May 2003

• Edited and published annual twenty-page magazine with circulation 1500.

SKILLS

Quark/QPS, HTML, Excel, Audio Software (ProTools, CoolEdit Pro, RealAudio Cleaner 5). Fluent in French.

INTERESTS

Enjoys reading, travelling in Asia and Europe, playing saxophone and other instruments, and basketball.

ACADEMICS

Princeton University, B.A. in English (with honors), June 2003

Certificate in Musical Performance

Awarded the Walter C. Hughes Memorial Thesis Prize