Danyael is a freelance writer in Calgary, Alberta. She's been requested to compose heartfelt breakups over text, pen a story about her experience at a restaurant-catered THC-infused dinner party, pre-legalization... and there was the time she wrote about getting her male dog shagged at the off-leash park. Her lifestyle features appear in numerous regional and national publications.
A competitive runner in every distance, Danyael finds fresh takes in covering the running scene -- running in the metaverse, Terry Fox, Canada's coolest races shirts over the years... She's run the 2023 Toronto Waterfront Marathon, 2024 Chicago Marathon, 2025 Boston Marathon and is training for her third marathon major, 2025 New York.
Former gigs: Photo essayist for Swerve Magazine; Book reviewer for The Calgary Herald; Restaurant columnist for Fast Forward Weekly; and, Trends columnist for Swerve. In writing about Calgary's restaurant scene, she's braved the local cowboy fare of bull testicles and served as a food critic panel member for Avenue Magazine's Annual Restaurant Awards.
In 2023, the International Regional Media Association awarded bronze for Best Editorial Package to Danyael and a team of writers and illustrators for their contributions to Avenue Magazine's June 2022 Innovation issue. She has also twice won Honourable Mention at the National Magazine Awards for her articles in Saturday Night and CalgaryInc.
Backstory: Danyael got her start in journalism in Toronto at Canadian Living Magazine, where she held several editorial positions. While there she acted as editorial coordinator on the book Growing with Your Child (Ballantine, 1998), the magazine's first in a series of parenting books. A move to St. Joseph Media landed her the position of assistant managing editor of HealthWatch Magazine.
PUBLICATIONS
Alberta Jewish News, Alberta Venture, Avenue, Bodyworkings, Business in Calgary, The Calgary Herald, CalgaryInc, Calgary Straight, Canadian Living, Canadian Running Magazine, Chow Magazine, Coast, Daily Hive Calgary, Dallas News, Edmonton Journal, Fast Forward Weekly, Fuel, The Georgia Straight, Health Choices, Healthy Woman, HealthWatch, HERS Magazine, Images, IMPACT Magazine, iRun Magazine, McGill News, Medium, Montreal Gazette, The National Post, The North Shore News, Ottawa Citizen, Pursuit, Saturday Night, Star Phoenix, Style at Home, Swerve, Toro, ThingsAsian, Times Colonist, WestJet Magazine, The Vancouver Province, The Vancouver Sun, Verve, Wattpad, Where Toronto, Windsor Star, Winnipeg Sun, Women's Health Matters