Gail Armstrong
About Gail Armstrong
Gail Armstrong is a Senior Principal Publisher at Thomson Reuters, where she has worked since 2020. She has extensive experience in publishing and content development, including previous roles at Carswell and Thomson Reuters, focusing on optimizing publishing programs and developing new content formats.
Work at Thomson Reuters
Gail Armstrong currently serves as a Senior Principal Publisher at Thomson Reuters, a position she has held since 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In this role, she has led strategic initiatives to develop new content formats and methodologies. Prior to her current position, she worked as a Contributing Editor from 2019 to 2020, where she reviewed and optimized the publishing program to align product updating efforts with practice-area requirements. During her tenure, she identified and commissioned new content for the COVID-19 Resource Centre on WestlawNext Canada and created a content map to identify topical and jurisdictional gaps.
Experience at Carswell
Gail Armstrong has extensive experience at Carswell, a Thomson Reuters business, where she held multiple roles over a span of several years. She worked as a Product Writer from 2002 to 2004, followed by a position as Product Development Manager from 2004 to 2011. In these roles, she played a key role in evaluating models for rapid content creation on emerging issues and specialty topics for online platforms. Additionally, she served as Commercial Lead for Litigation from 2010 to 2016, where she explored and evaluated different methods to engage suppliers for building large content sets.
Education and Expertise
Gail Armstrong holds multiple degrees from the University of Toronto. She earned her Master of Arts (M.A.) in English from 1985 to 1986. She also completed her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English, French language, and literature from 1980 to 1984. Additionally, she studied law and obtained her Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from 1989 to 1993. Her educational background provides her with a strong foundation in both legal and literary fields, contributing to her expertise in content development and publishing.
Professional Achievements
Throughout her career, Gail Armstrong has made significant contributions to content development and publishing within the legal sector. She has developed new models and templates for online content publication at Thomson Reuters and has been instrumental in aligning publishing efforts with market needs. Her work on the COVID-19 Resource Centre and the creation of a content map for WestlawNext Canada showcases her ability to leverage market knowledge to address content gaps effectively.