Phill Feltham


Phill Feltham is a Canadian journalist who works full-time as Editor-in-Chief for Electricity Today Magazine and Electrical Source Magazine. Feltham co-owned Open Reel Entertainment, Incorporated, with long-time friend and fellow journalist Victor Penney until the corporation's closure in November 2013. Under Open Reel, Phill solely operated the travel website, The Weekly Wanderer. He opened The Weekly Wanderer while living in Taiwan so he would not lose his journalism skills. The Weekly Wanderer officially closed in May 2011.
Additionally, Feltham was Senior Editor for Maximum Fitness Magazine, for over three and a half years. Currently, Feltham is the sole-proprietor of Metro Divisions Media, his long-time freelance business.
Phill Feltham received his diploma in print and broadcast journalism at Humber College in Toronto. He graduated his journalism program with honors in 2003. During his time at Humber, Phill worked with a variety of media outlets including Global Television, Rogers Television, and the Etobicoke Guardian.

Career

Feltham started his journalism career as the editor for Electricity Today, a North American electrical trade publication, based out of Pickering, Ontario. In early 2005, he left Electricity Today to teach English in Taiwan.
During his two-year stint as a teacher, Feltham did freelancing gigs for many of Taiwan's English magazines and websites including Taiwan Fun, Centered in Taipei and the now defunct 24 Seven. Additionally, Feltham started The Weekly Wanderer travel blog as a way to maintain contact with other fellow Canadian journalists and as a way to maintain and improve his journalism skills.
Less than two months after his return to Canada, Feltham was hired as Senior Editor of Maximum Fitness magazine and worked until his departure in September 2010. In January 2011, he became Senior Editor for Electrical Source Magazine, a Canadian electrical trade publication that reaches electrical engineering personnel and electrical contractors. In May 2011, Feltham became Managing Editor of Electrical Source Magazine. He also, once again, took on the editorial duties of Electricity Today Magazine. In October 2012, Feltham was appointed the Executive Editor for both magazines. In June 2014, Phill Feltham was named Editor-in-Chief for both Electricity Today and Electrical Source Magazines.
Phill Feltham was profiled in the pages of Maximum Fitness showcasing his weight loss. He lost almost 100 pounds. Recently, Feltham became a certified Personal Training Specialist with CanFitPro.