Advice for queer media makers, bloggers:

A graduate of Concordia talks to her alma mater's school indie newspaper about taking on the queer media world in Canada. The writer "set her name apart in the Montreal journalism scene as a veritable source of all things queer, and is the sassy sister behind Kox & Kuntz, Montreal's gay blog at Xtra.ca."

I'm wondering if you have any advice for queer media makers coming up and out. Or for student journalists, because, I mean, you've been there. Any wise words you'd like to share?

Advice? Tips? Like I said earlier: find your niche. Stay in touch with timely issues. Half of it is being at the right place at the right time, and to keep plugging away and talking to the right people.

For me I like to think of it as a working party, I always find stories that I want to cover, as long as I see it as a melding of work and play. Work and play, you shall succeed.

But I totally remember the hours we used to put into The Link—I used to work my ass off! We worked so hard putting the paper to bed, and that's something I'll even bring up during interviews. Working for 40 hours per week practically for free on top of a five-course workload is intense, and people are dually impressed. Be proud of the work you're doing.