I worked on the breaking news desk at the Toronto Star as a Radio Room Intern from 2017-2019, contributing occasionally to other sections. To see the full list of articles I wrote during that time, here is the link to my author page on their website.
Here are a few I was proud of:
“We gave a Costco rookie $100. She found plastic bubbles of beets and an indoor city where capitalism is god” - August, 2018
A giant white warehouse. Soaring metal shelves, painted bright orange. Guards stationed at the entrance to check identification as people file in to join a massive crowd.
No, I’m not describing the setting of the latest dystopian young adult novel. I’m talking about Costco.
“You might think York U area is boring suburbs. We found a pastoral wonderland” - September, 2018
Those who live downtown often have the perception that northern parts of the city contain nothing but bleak, concrete commercial buildings and highways—that they’re places you move through on the way to somewhere else, not places you visit.
Here’s the why of visiting the York University area to eat, drink, pamper and find a little bit of whimsy.
”I report on Toronto shootings, but I never thought I’d be part of one. Here’s what it taught me” - August, 2018
What do you do when a person is bleeding from a gunshot wound on the ground in front of you?
As a reporter on the Star’s breaking news desk, I’ve written many stories on shooting incidents across the city, but I never expected to find myself in one.
Yet, earlier this summer I ended up running barefoot from a friend’s house toward screams for help.
“Starbucks launches its Pumpkin Spice Latte on a sweltering August day — so I took one to the beach” - August, 2018
Ah, August in Toronto. Shimmering sun, warm beaches, the wafting scent of sweat, sunscreen and pumpkin spice ...
Hold up. Pumpkin spice?
That’s right — it’s the last week of August, and even though the city is sweltering under a heat warning, Starbucks has officially launched its pumpkin spice line of seasonal drinks ahead of fall.