David Wylie is a Canadian journalist who specializes in news and technology stories.
The Greater-Toronto native works in Ottawa as a copy editor for Canwest News Service, a national news wire with clients from coast to coast. He also covers breaking news under tight deadlines and works as a web editor, posting stories to Canada.com.
In his spare time, David writes technology, science and video game stories, which are regularly published in Canada’s largest newspapers, including the Calgary Herald, Ottawa Citizen and Montreal Gazette.
Before joining Canwest, David worked in B.C. as managing editor of the Vernon Daily Courier. He created the new daily newspaper from scratch in a matter of weeks by recruiting freelance writers, columnists and photographers – most of whom he taught the ropes of the journalism industry. Several of them are now thriving as well-respected reporters and syndicated columnists, some are even being paid a salary.
David has also spent several years covering Interior B.C. as Okanagan correspondent for Sterling News Service, writing about both the tragic, from catastrophic forest fires to mass murders, and the lighthearted, from local wines to the Ogopogo.
(Hat tip to Steve McKinley for the photo)
