Catherine Fogarty is a storyteller. She is the founder and president of Big Coat Media and Story Hunter Podcasts. An accomplished television producer, writer and director, Catherine has produced award-winning lifestyle, reality and documentary series for both Canadian and American networks.
Catherine is the executive producer of the Gemini nominated series 'Love It or List It' and directed 'I Don’t Have Time for This', an intimate documentary about young women with breast cancer.
Catherine is the writer, producer and voice of 'Story Hunter Podcasts', a true-crime podcast network that focuses on Canadian historical crime stories.
Originally trained as a social worker, Catherine studied deviance and criminology. She worked with numerous at-risk populations including street youth, people with AIDS, abused women, and social services.
Catherine holds an M.A. in Social Work (University of Sydney), an MBA in Human Resource Management (University of New England) and an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction from the University of Kings College.
She was recently awarded the Marina Nemet Award in Creative Writing through the University of Toronto, Continuing Education Division.
