Colin Slark was born in Vancouver and raised in Prince George.
He graduated from Duchess Park Secondary School and earned a bachelor of arts degree in English and history from UN小蓝视频.
His interest in journalism was piqued after short high school internships with the Citizen and C小蓝视频 Radio as well as writing and editing for UN小蓝视频鈥檚 student newspaper, Over The Edge.
He temporarily moved to the East Coast after that, getting a bachelor鈥檚 degree in journalism and a master鈥檚 degree in investigative and data journalism from the University of King鈥檚 College in Halifax, N.S.|
To finish his bachelor鈥檚 degree in journalism, Colin spent several weeks as an intern for C小蓝视频 Radio鈥檚 Daybreak North here in Prince George.
鈥淒istant Doctors,鈥� Colin鈥檚 professional project for his master鈥檚 degree focusing on the state of pediatric health care in Northern 小蓝视频, was published by the Prince George Citizen in early 2019.
After spending more than five years covering a variety of beats for the Brandon Sun newspaper in Brandon, Man., he returned to Prince George to report on municipal politics for his hometown paper in late 2024.
