"We know this is a difficult time for the province and thousands of people are evacuated from their homes across the province. Sue Henry, chief of the Calgary Emergency Management Agency, shared details of the reception centre and other supports being sent from Calgary.Īs of right now, Henry said Calgary's emergency reception centre, located at the Grandstand Building at Stampede Park, is open and Calgary's municipal emergency plan is active. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Loyola University of Chicago as well as a graduate degree from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism.The City of Calgary is helping the relief effort for those affected by the wildfires in central and northern Alberta, including sending personnel to help battle fires and opening a reception centre for fleeing residents. In addition to his culture reporting, Rodrick’s sports stories have been anthologized four times in “The Best American Sports Writing.” He covered the 2020 political campaign for Rolling Stone, spending over 100 days on the road during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. His story on casting director Allison Jones for The New Yorker provided a rare glimpse into the world of casting. (The story was a National Magazine Award finalist). Rodrick spent months following Lohan and Schrader during the making of “The Canyons” in 2013. He has penned many memorable profiles of Hollywood figures including Robert Redford, Jeff Bridges and Raphael-Bob Waksberg. Rodrick’s trademark as a journalist is exhaustive profiles and process pieces. “I’ve been reading Variety for years and I can’t wait to get started.” “I’ve written about many things but writing about creative people trying to make things - sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing spectacularly – has always been when I’ve been most happiest,” said Rodrick. Rodrick’s story on Lindsay Lohan and Paul Schrader for The New York Times Magazine and his Rolling Stone profile of Johnny Depp are two of the most talked about Hollywood stories of the past decade.
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