In December 2010, Kate McKenna, Artsci’08, Ed’09, beat out 2500 other eager contenders for the enviable year-long job of Transat Vacationer, a job that took her to 11 countries and 23 cities in 12 months and allowed her to report back on her adventures to a global audience via blogs, photos diaries and video updates.
“Since graduating from Queen’s, I’ve been fortunate enough to land jobs with some great organizations in roles that I loved and that challenged me,” says Kate, who now works in Toronto as a script writer for CBC Sports. “However, my year as the Transat Vacationer has definitely been my most memorable job so far! I still can’t believe it happened.”
Kate notes that while she developed her sharp shooting and editing skills as an online host for the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger Cats, her writing and interviewing skills were honed as a student reporter for the Queen’s Journal. Furthermore, the idea of setting a goal and striving to achieve it was directly re