For nearly 15 years, Jennifer has been a broadcaster, writer and producer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
She has worked as an in-demand producer and broadcaster on a range of on national and regional radio programs, among them Sounds Like Canada with Shelagh Rogers, Bunny Watson with Bill Richardson and Feeling The Heat with Ian Hanomansing.
She has also produced several series, remotes, and radio documentaries – including a piece for Outfront that won a Gabriel Award, an investigative series about seniors’ care in B.C. that garnered a Jack Webster Award nomination and a special on the Robert Pickton verdict that won an RTNDA award.
Jennifer also has extensive experience in online and social media platforms. Since 2005, she has worked for CBC Radio 3 and CBC Music – the national broadcaster’s online music service – where she has been instrumental in the development of popular audio features, articles, multimedia and social media.
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Coming Home. In this first-person documentary, Jennifer explores the importance of home. Winner of the Gabriel Award for Best Feature.
Health Arts: Healing Music. CBC reporter/producer Jennifer Van Evra explores the HeathArts Society, a Canadian organization that produces professional classical concerts in care facilities.
Wayne Coyne on Living With Death. PBS Digital and Blank on Blank set excerpts of Jennifer’s 2002 revealing interview with Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne to smart animation. Appeared on Rollingstone.com, Spin.com and more.