Gina Desjardins

Current

Video Games Blogger at MSN.ca
TV Researcher at TVA
Game reviewer & web host chat at MusiquePlus

Co-host at Radio-Talbot
Journalist at Freelance

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Past

Reporter at Vox tv
Sub-editor at TVA Publications
Coordonnatrice aux artistes at Avalanche Productions

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Education

Université du Québec à Montréal
Université Laval
Collège François-Xavier Garneau

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Gina Desjardins’s Summary

Gina Desjardins’s Specialties:

Mostly: Video games, Web, Technology, Geek culture
Also: Travel, Outdoors, Entertainment, Fashion

Gina Desjardins’s Experience

Video Games Blogger

MSN.ca

(Public Company; MSFT; Online Media industry)

September 2009 — Present (3 months)
TV Researcher

TVA

(Government Agency; Utilities industry)

February 2009 — Present (10 months)

Television Researcher for VLOG. The popular weekly show presents the best of the web.

Recherchiste pour l'émission VLOG animée par Dominic Arpin.

Diffusée le vendredi à 21h30.
http://tva.canoe.ca/emissions/vlog/
Game reviewer & web host chat

MusiquePlus

(Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

Doing video games review for M.Net television show & hosting the live chat.

Collaboratrice à l'émission sur la technologie et les jeux vidéo M.Net, animée par Denis Talbot, en direct du lundi au jeudi à 19h30, sur les ondes de MusiquePlus.

http://www.musiqueplus.com/mnet
Co-host

Radio-Talbot

(Broadcast Media industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Weekly segment on gaming, technology or Internet on Radio Talbot, a weekly webradio hosted by Denis Talbot.

Chroniqueuse hebdomadaire à Radio-Talbot, une webradio sur la technologie et les jeux vidéo, animé par Denis Talbot, live tous les vendredis soir 19h.

http://www.denis-talbot.com
Journalist

Freelance

(Writing and Editing industry)

2004 — Present (5 years )

I am a freelance journalist covering video game, technology and Internet as well as travel and lifestyle for a variety of media outlets including:
Via Destinations (2 bilingual columns in every issue: Video games gadgets and Iphone apps useful on the go) http://www.viarail.ca/destinations/en_index_dest.html
ELLE Quebec http:www.ellequebec.com
Adventura http://www.adventuramag.ca
Express voyage http://expressvoyage.ca/
Mobile http://bellmobilemag.bell.ca/

Past: FCD, Pure, Dr Review, Clin d'Oeil, Québec Magazine, Web M@g, En Route, Branchez-vous
Reporter

Vox tv

(Broadcast Media industry)

August 2007 — June 2008 (11 months)

Technology Reporter for Le Lab TV show

Chroniqueuse et reporter pour l'émission sur les nouvelles technologies Le Lab @ Vox tv

www.voxtv.ca/montreal/emission/le_lab
Sub-editor

TVA Publications

(Public Company; Publishing industry)

2005 — 2005 (less than a year)

Editing, proofreading, Fact-checking, research for subjects and photos, writing headlines, introductions and photo captions

Adjointe à la rédaction
Commande de textes aux journalistes, édition des textes reçus, recherche de sujets, recherche photos, approbation des épreuves.
Coordonnatrice aux artistes

Avalanche Productions

(Music industry)

2000 — 2003 (3 years )

Coordonnatrice pour les groupes Projet Orange et Les Respectables pour leur compagnie de gérance.
www.avalancheproductions.com