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Hidden Cove Media showcases the work of award-winning documentary filmmaker and freelance journalist Katrina Pyne.

Katrina is a visual storyteller specializing in science communication and character-driven documentary. Her writing and produced media have appeared in publications including the National Film Board, Hakai Magazine, Canadian Geographic, Explore, The Inertia, Gripped, Fly Fusion, Maclean’s, Halifax Magazine, and Rapid Magazine.

A graduate of the University of King’s College School of Journalism, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Dalhousie Gazette (Vol. 145), Katrina began her career in Canadian newsrooms. She interned at The Globe and Mail and worked with both Global News and the CBC before turning her focus to documentary filmmaking and long-form visual storytelling.

Her work is grounded in curiosity, rigour, and a deep connection to the natural world. She is most often found romping around in the ocean.

For quotes and availability, contact: kat.pyne@gmail.com

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SELECTION OF PROFESSIONAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Where the Rivers Run Pink, photos and videos. Published in October 2024, Hakai Magazine.
Nominated for Best Feature and Best One-of-a-kind storytelling, Digital Publishing Awards, 2025.  

A Bear’s Necessities video, associate producer. Published in August 2022, Hakai Magazine.
Gold winner for Best Online Video: Mini-Doc, Digital Publishing Awards, 2023.  

Declared Extinct: Yaghan Rise in the Land of Fire, photos and videos. Published in August 2022, Hakai Magazine.
Winner of Gene S Steward Award, Society for American Archaeology, 2023.  

Sound Aquatic podcast series, producer. Published May-June 2021, Hakai Magazine
Silver winner for Best Podcast, Canadian Online Publishing Awards, 2021. Honourable Mention for Best Podcast: Current Affairs, Digital Publishing Awards, 2021. 

It’s Time to Listen video, associate producer. Published in December 2020, Hakai Magazine.
Gold winner for Best Online Video, Canadian Online Publishing Awards, 2021.  

Why Ocean Shores Beachcombing is a Blast video, producer/camera/editor. Published in May 2019, Hakai Magazine.
Honourable Mention for Best Online Video: Feature, Digital Publishing Awards, 2020. 

Searching the Forest for the Trees video, producer/editor. Published in May 2019, Hakai Magazine.
Gold winner for Best Video Content, Canadian Online Publishing Awards, 2019.  

A High Pressure Job video, producer/animator. Published in December 2019, Hakai Magazine.
Nominated for Best Video, Canadian Online Publishing Awards, 2020.