Pauline Dakin

Assistant Professor, University of King's College School of Journalism

Health, medicine and media coverage, Health and medical discoveries, Mental health, Mental illness, Delusional disorder, Understudied mental health issues, Impact of technology on children, Journalism, Memoir, Creative non-fiction, Resilience

Media

Pauline Dakin "Run, Hide, Repeat"

Pauline Dakin's amazing memoir of a fugitive childhood reads like a Hollywood movie. You really can't judge a book by it's cover with this one!

Biography

Pauline Dakin is an award-winning journalist and author who teaches journalism at King's College in Halifax. For many years she was the national health/medical reporter for CBC News, and the host of a regional documentary program.

Expertise

  • Health
  • Medicine and media coverage
  • Health and medical discoveries
  • Mental health
  • Mental illness
  • Delusional disorder
  • Understudied mental health issues
  • Impact of technology on children
  • Journalism
  • Memoir
  • Creative non-fiction
  • Resilience