From the breaking news desk: Aug 22 & 29

This is it. This is the final list of stories that I worked on in the Toronto Star radio room. I trained some new interns on the 30th and 31st — forcing them to… Read More →

Doing journalism the June Callwood way

Janet Malcolm was wrong. In a famously cynical quotation, she decries journalists as people who prey on the vanity, loneliness or ignorance of others, gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse. Every… Read More →

If summer had a soundtrack

In summer, the song sings itself. ~William Carlos Williams The occasional chilly breeze, the back-to-school commercials, and the opening of Exhibition Place all remind me of one inevitable truth: this summer, too, shall… Read More →

Amazing little human beings

Whenever I get romantic and unrealistic about the future prospect of having a child (woah, it’s weird to even admit to any maternal longing. Sorry, I digress) I imagine raising an amazing little… Read More →

You’ll never forget your first BFF

I can still picture my dear Raleigh. She was beautiful: forest green and gleaming–a bike that could brave the bumpiest hills in Trinity Bellwoods Park. I didn’t know it would be over after… Read More →

From the breaking news desk: Aug 13 – 17

My latest list of news stories from the Toronto Star radio room. Boy, 4, in hospital after fall from window A 4-year-old boy is suffering from life-threatening injuries after falling from the second… Read More →

How to be Alone

I’ve been thinking a great deal about solitude, lately. I have less than a month left before I once again pack my lacklustre brown suitcases and fly them three time zones away from… Read More →

From the breaking news desk: Aug 1 – 9

The latest collection of breaking news stories from the Toronto Star radio room, all authored by yours truly. Food bank volunteers shocked at break-in A food bank was hit in an early morning… Read More →

People like me: reporting on “at risk” youth

My throat felt dry when I first heard about the teenage boy who had been found dead in the Humber River. The proximity was startling. My family lives only minutes from the river.… Read More →