Stephanie MacLellan joined The Slovak Spectator in March 2007 as a copy editor for the newspaper, and coordinator and writer for the Spectacular Slovakia travel guide. She became senior editor at The Slovak Spectator in August 2007. Ms. MacLellan started her full-time journalistic career in 2004 as a student intern at the Niagara Falls Review, before moving to other Canadian daily newspapers – first The Chronicle-Journal (Thunder Bay), then the Guelph Mercury. Along the way she covered education, arts and municipal politics. Her work at the Guelph Mercury was nominated for two Ontario Newspaper Awards and one National Newspaper Award (Canada).Ms. MacLellan graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the Carleton University School of Journalism in Ottawa.