Brian Zinchuk

Brian Zinchuk is an award-winning photographer and writer, located in Estevan, Saskatchewan. His career in journalism started as a high school newspaper editor at the Yorkton Regional High School. After a few years of beating his head against engineering at the University of Saskatchewan, his career took two separate paths - journalism and pipelini... ng. He spent a year as half of a two-person newspaper called the Saskatoon Journal, and another year as the lone reporter for the Rosetown Eagle. Then it was pipelining for several years, first as an excavator oiler, then as an operator. He currently holds a level 2 apprenticeship as an excavator operator, and was 1000 hours from his journeyman when God decided a life sleeping in your own bed is more important. In 2003, Brian became the senior reporter with the Battlefords News-Optimist, chasing fire trucks, politicians, cops and robbers.Read More