Alexa In Canada: Amazon Alexa And Echo Skills, Tips, And Tricks For Canadians

In this episode, Teri welcomes Amanda de Souza, a Senior Producer at Verizon Media Studios (HuffPost Canada, Yahoo!, RYOT). Welcome, Amanda!Amanda produces, hosts, shoots, and edits videos for HuffPost Canada, and also hosts, writes, and produces the HuffPost Canada Splash Daily News Flash Briefing for Google Home and Alexa. The flash briefing achieved 20% audience growth in the third quarter of 2019 and is sponsored by VW. Amanda produces and consults on short, long form and docuseries video content for Verizon Media brands, including HuffPost Canada, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Canada Sports, Yahoo! Finance.She also manages, trains and mentors reporters and production teams to excel under tight deadlines, and innovates and consults on branded content video series with RYOT Studios.BackgroundShe’s been with HuffPost (Now Verizon Media) for about 4 years.She loves audio/video storytelling and has been doing audio and video for almost a decade.When the opportunity came up to host the HuffPost Canada Splash Daily