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Award-Winning Multimedia Reporter & Photojournalist

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Tag Archives: Arts & Culture

In more than a decade of reporting, I have written about and photographed numerous arts and cultural events, festivals and personalities.

From music, film and gallery features, to artist profiles, and textile fibre and fashion showcases, my work has been published in the Georgia Straight, Xtra, THIS Magazine, The Tyee, Windspeaker, Vancouver Observer, and Gulf Islands Driftwood.

Below are some samples from my arts and culture portfolio.

Tankers, Kinder Morgan pipeline opposed with armada of boats

September 28, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

As Kinder Morgan proposes to more-than-double its Trans-Mountain oil sands pipeline from Alberta, First Nations and environmentalists on the coast are escalating their opposition to the project.

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Windspeaker newspaper

Barefoot hits the film fest circuit

September 27, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Danis Goulet premiered her short film at the Toronto International Film Festival, hoping to add nuance to the simplistic stigma around teenage pregnancy.

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Windspeaker newspaper

Occupy Wall Street’s Rebel Spirit: Where Next?

September 17, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

One year after the movement sparked, The Tyee talks to two members still fired up.

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The Tyee

Armada of ocean-going canoes paddles against Kinder Morgan

September 4, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

An armada of seafarers took to the Burrard Inlet over Labour Day weekend, embarking on a two-hour journey in opposition to oil pipelines and tankers.

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The Tyee

‘Power of Youth’ Unleashed

September 1, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Rebel page Brigette DePape co-edits myth-busting book. Who says today’s young generation is apathetic?

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The Tyee

Aspiring directors get taste of crash course in cinema

September 1, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

An upcoming program to share filmmaking skills amongst Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) residents got a preview on Aug. 20.

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Windspeaker newspaper

Activists protest inclusion of Israeli-backed films in Queer Film Festival

August 24, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Festival says action highlights power of film to ‘inspire discussion and dialogue.’

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Xtra!

New West celebrates third annual Pride

August 23, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

New Westminster celebrated its third annual Pride Aug 18, attracting the level of diversity organizers say they were hoping for.

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Xtra!

Pop Rocks Turns Robson Square into Sea of ‘Otherworldly’ Blobs

August 18, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Hoping to stop people in their tracks, three designers have transformed the heart of Vancouver.

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The Tyee

Musqueam Battle to Protect Burial Grounds From Condo Developers in B.C.

June 25, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Members of Musqueam First Nation, battling to stop a condo development from being built on their ancient burial ground, are escalating the fight with blockades of public roads.

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Indian Country Today Media Network

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About David P. Ball


I'm an award-winning reporter, editor, podcaster & photographer in Vancouver.

Currently freelancing, I am on the editing team at IndigiNews, and was previously a staff reporter with CBC, the Toronto Star, The Tyee, and B.C. correspondent for Agence France-Presse.

My 25 years of experience include award-recognized investigative reporting, radio and video storytelling, photojournalism, and editing.

BYLINES:
Al Jazeera. Globe & Mail. Le Monde. VICE. The Guardian. The Tyee. National Post. South China Morning Post. Times of India.

For six years I've hosted Cited Media's Addiction Practice podcast, have experience in broadcast TV & radio at CBC, and previously produced & hosted the daily Pulse news show for CFRO 100.5fm.

Search my reporting:

REPORTING PUBLISHED IN 150+ publications internationally, reaching billions:

• CBC News
• Al Jazeera
• Globe & Mail
• Agence France-Presse
• Toronto Star
• The Guardian
• The Tyee
• VICE
• Xtra!
• Windspeaker
• National Post
• New York Post
• Daily Mail UK
• Ottawa Sun & QMI chain
• iPolitics
• Hamilton Spectator
• 24 Hours
• Georgia Straight
• Greystone Books Points of Interest
• Canada's National Observer Extract

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PHOTOGRAPHY

• Globe & Mail
• New York Post
• Bild am Sonntag (DE)
• National Post
• Toronto Star
• Georgia Straight
• VICE
• The Province
• Jakarta Post

IMAGES LICENSED for:

• Canadian Museum of History exhibit
• Canadian Museum of Human Rights exhibit
• Museum of Anthropology exhibit
• International School of Geneva exhibit
• Canadian Centre for Architecture exhibit
• University of Toronto Press cover, Responding to Human Trafficking (J Kaye)
• University of Toronto Press photo in Remembering Vancouver's Disappeared Women (A Dean)
• John Wiley & Sons photo in Abnormal Psychology 5th Canadian Ed. (ed. G Davison)
• Chenelière Éducation photo in textbook


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