My practice-based research is centred in journalism and podcasting, with a focus on inclusive, decolonized and community-centred approaches. Before joining Mount Royal University’s Journalism & Digital Media faculty in 2018, I spent a decade across Canada as a host, producer and reporter for radio, TV, and online (CBC, CTV, CKUA, Banff Centre Centre, iPolitics) and bring this experience to the classroom as well as my scholarly work.
My latest research included co-producing Static: A Party Girl’s Memoir with Ashley King, Inside Out Theatre and Chromatic Theatre — which made the Apple Podcast charts in Canada, the U.S. and Australia, and was runner-up (silver) at the 2025 International Women’s Podcast Awards for Comedy Gold.
I’m also co-director of the Community Podcast Initiative at MRU’s School of Communication Studies — a state-of-the-art studio space (The Podcast Studio) offering programming that bridges the gap between industry and the classroom, including paid podcasting opportunities for students, workshops and training with industry experts, and course-based Community Service Learning projects that give students real-world experience. You can listen and find out more about the Initiative at thepodcaststudio.ca.
My first book, The New Journalist’s Guide to Freelancing: Building Your Career in the New Media Landscape, was published with Broadview Press in 2022.
Selected Publications
Wilcox, M., & Napier, K. (2024). Podcasting Protocols & Pathways: land acknowledgment in outlining a process for decolonial reflexivity and audio stewardship. Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, 22:1.
Wilcox, M. (2024, March 8). Why freelancing is now a necessary part of journalism education. J-Source. https://j-source.ca/why-freelancing-is-now-a-necessary-part-of-journalism-education/
Wilcox, M., Napier, K., Pyska, G., Tanner, E., & Ward, E. (2023). Land acknowledgements and knowledge rematriation: Considerations of place, and respecting Indigenous intellectual property in podcasts. Facts & Frictions: Emerging Debates, Pedagogies and Practices in Contemporary Journalism, 2(2), 59-61. doi: https://doi.org/10.22215/ff/v2.i2.04
Wilcox, M. (2022). The New Journalist’s Guide to Freelancing: Building Your Career in the New Media Landscape. Broadview Press.
Funded research
Braiding Knowledges Canada; co-Investigator, 2025 to 2029.
A joint practice-based research program with McEwan University, connecting student researchers with Indigenous researchers to explore methods of co-creation and knowledge mobilization.
Canadian Mountain Network ; Principal Investigator, 2019 to 2023.
Working with student researchers to develop and deliver the Canadian Mountain Podcast to support the Network’s knowledge mobilization around weaving Indigenous and settler-academic research about mountain ecosystems.