Simone’s Online Portfolio

Photo by Simone Castello

I am a journalist/photographer based out of Toronto, Ont. This corner of the Internet hosts a variety of articles and musings written by me, which have appeared in different mediums (newspapers, online and in magazines).

Please feel free to leave a comment or question if you have any feedback or concerns. You can also find my contact information here.

Please read on and check out some of my work.

Cheers,

Simone

Travel Features

• 10 Simple Lessons From a Year Abroad

• Backpacking through the Land of Smiles

• Busan Sights

• 10 Countries Worth Exploring

Lifestyle Features

• Various content ranging from food facts to health bites, published at Homemakers.com

• Is beauty really pain? – A survey of a South Korean fashion trend that might be of the killing kind.

• Keep it cool this summer – Make friends with Salad!

• From Kurta to Tunic – the global trend of a fashion-forward staple!

• A Scarf for All Seasons!

• Scrapbook Shopping, published at SpotlightToronto.com

News Bites and Features

• School board asked to put a face to new Africentric school

• Musicians urged to seek the bigger picture behind Internet exposure

• Award celebrates a long march to personhood

• Future uncertain for Liberal leader

• Harper’s drive for majority stalls in Quebec

• Students paint pictures of hunger with words

• NDP slams provincial budget ‘embarrassment’

• Big Brothers and Big Sisters leave a lasting impression

• U of T students on edge after reports of peeping tom

• A two-part series on my trip to Goa, India in May 2008

1. http://metrodivisionsmedia.com/tww/index.php/2008/08/13/a-familiar-place-in-india-part-1/

2. http://metrodivisionsmedia.com/tww/index.php/2008/08/14/a-familiar-place-in-india-part-2/