Biography

Anita Webster Communications – Biography

My aim is to help my clients see their stories in the media – the way they want to see them.

I have worked as a reporter so I have spent many hours in newsrooms.

This strong media background means I understand how the media operate and how news decisions are made. I launched Anita Webster Communications in 1995.

I work imaginatively and effectively with print, radio, television and online journalists. With over 20 years experience in media and PR, I draw on a wide network of media contacts. My clients get results.

Before starting my company I looked after media relations and publications for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada – an organization that helps Canadian businesses succeed in Asia. I worked in public relations for Expo 86 and MacMillan Bloedel, was a freelance writer and broadcaster, a CBC radio host in Prince Rupert and editor of the weekly newspaper The Whistler Question.

I have a journalism degree from Carleton, an English degree from UBC and spent a year in France studying the language.

I have a strong background of community involvement. I sit on the Board of a local transition house and a Burnaby Board of Trade committee. I am an organizer with Northern Voice, a social media conference, volunteered with the Vancouver Food Bank for many years, was on the Board of three community arts councils and Vancouver’s Imagination Market.