Our Jury
Sue Allan
Sue Allan is POLITICO‘s Canada editor. She is on the board of World Press Freedom Canada and a member of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network. Prior to joining POLITICO, she worked as a senior editor at Maclean’s, iPolitics, and the Ottawa Citizen.
Bert Archer
Archer has worked for dailies, weeklies across the continent, most recently as editor in chief of the Montreal Gazette. He has been a columnist for Toronto Life, a regular contributor to En Route, and a reader of Canadian magazines since childhood.
Oona Barrett
Oona Barrett est vidĂ©ojournaliste pour le mĂ©dia Pivot. Elle couvre une variĂ©tĂ© de sujets sociaux, tels que l’itinĂ©rance, la crise du logement et les enjeux migratoires. Elle a aussi rĂ©alisĂ© plusieurs enquĂŞtes de longue haleine, notamment sur l’exploitation des travailleurs immigrants aux QuĂ©bec et sur les biais des mĂ©dias dans la couverture du conflit israĂ©lo-palestinien. En ce moment, elle rĂ©alise son premier long-mĂ©trage documentaire qui explore la lutte pour la prĂ©servation de l’identitĂ© rohingya après le gĂ©nocide, alors qu’une grande partie de cette communautĂ© vit en exil au Bangladesh, dans le plus grand camp de rĂ©fugiĂ©s du monde.
Magdaline Boutros
Magdaline Boutros est journaliste depuis une vingtaine d’annĂ©es. Depuis 2018, elle couvre les enjeux sociĂ©taux et l’actualitĂ© internationale pour le quotidien Le Devoir. En 2021, elle a Ă©tĂ© nommĂ©e journaliste de l’annĂ©e au Concours canadien de journalisme, conjointement avec sa collègue AmĂ©li Pineda. Au fil des ans, elle a rĂ©alisĂ© plusieurs reportages Ă l’étranger, notamment en Ukraine, au Pakistan, au Liban, au Kazakhstan, en Argentine et au Groenland. Elle a publiĂ© en 2024 le recueil Lettres d’Ukraine — rĂ©cits intimes d’un pays en guerre aux Éditions Somme toute — Le Devoir.
Alexia Boyer
Alexia Boyer is the editor in chief of Quartier Libre, the University of Montreal’s independent student newspaper. She also contributes to various publications as a freelancer, and hosts the podcast QuĂ©bec au pluriel about building its identity as a Quebecer.
Richard Burnett
Dubbed “Mr. Montreal” by CBC Arts, Richard “Bugs” Burnett is a journalist and columnist for various media. His pioneering column Three Dollar Bill is the only syndicated LGBTQ column in Canadian publishing history. Bugs has interviewed everybody from Cher to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and knows Montreal like a drag queen knows a cosmetics counter.
Constance Cazzaniga
Constance Cazzaniga est journaliste pigiste. Elle collabore notamment avec les cahiers spĂ©ciaux du Devoir et le magazine Châtelaine, pour lequel elle est Ă©galement Ă©dimestre. En 2024, elle a Ă©tĂ© nommĂ©e aux National Magazine Awards dans la section Article court pour son texte « ĂŠtre une tradwife: promouvoir l’extrĂŞme droite dans le confort de son foyer », publiĂ© dans Elle QuĂ©bec. Auparavant, elle a notamment Ă©tĂ© cheffe de la section culturelle du journal MĂ©tro.
Nathalie Cusson
Nathalie Cusson is a multidisciplinary Creative Director with 20 years in the Advertising and Design industries. She brings extensive hands-on experience in editorial design, corporate identity, branding design, and art direction, as well as motion design and film making. She has worked on many iconic Canadian brands, including; LCBO, Air Canada’s enRoute, Fairmont Hotel & Resorts, CIBC, Telus and Canada Post, as well as not-for-profit organizations such as Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Rethink Breast Cancer, BlackCAN, Unicef Canada and MILA (Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute). Nathalie is currently Executive Creative Director of Design for The Humanity Agency.
Julie Do
Julie is a design leader passionate about creating inclusive, accessible digital experiences that transform how people interact with technology. She specializes in growing and scaling design teams, driving craft and execution, and fostering collaboration between product and design.
Julie is trained as a Graphic Designer and is currently building and leading a Product Design team at RBCx, designing a youth banking experience to help the next generation financially thrive.
Marc Edge
Marc Edge has written for Hockey (1978-82), The National (1990-2001) and Monitor (2016-19). He worked for the Calgary Herald and Vancouver Province (1974-1993), then took his doctorate and taught Journalism for 20 years. He has written eight books.
Ximena González
Ximena González is an independent journalist based in Calgary. A background in architecture and environmental design guide Ximena’s nuanced reporting on urban affairs, housing, and real estate. Her work has appeared in local and national outlets, including the Globe and Mail, CBC, and the Tyee. In 2023, Ximena won a Digital Publishing Award for best feature article (short).
Andre Goulet
Andre Goulet is director and strategic planner at unrigged.ca, Canada’s community of 27 independent progressive journalism publishers, and executive director at harbingermedianetwork.com, Canada’s community of 80 progressive podcasts. Goulet is also the audio producer for more than 700 podcast episodes with breachmedia.ca, at pivot.quebec, at spacing.ca and others and hosts the nationally syndicated ‘Harbinger Showcase’ radio show and the long-running and internationally-acclaimed history, society and culture podcast The Korea File.
Natalie Harmsen
Natalie is an associate producer at CBC Music. Prior to joining CBC, she was the assistant editor at Complex Canada and Slice. Her writing has appeared in Global News, Chatelaine, Toronto Life, Elle Canada and more. She has won a gold Canadian Online Publishing Award and received an honourable mention for best personal journalism at the National Magazine Awards.
Katie Jensen
Katie Jensen is a podcast producer who specializes in arts & cultures, news & current events, and science audio storytelling. She runs Vocal Fry Studios, a podcast production company in Toronto and she has made podcasts for CBC Podcasts, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, The Globe and Mail, Canadaland and many others.
Pascal Lapointe
Pascal Lapointe est journaliste scientifique depuis 30 ans et rĂ©dacteur en chef de l’Agence Science-Presse (ASP), un mĂ©dia Ă but non lucratif dont les textes sont repris par plusieurs mĂ©dias francophones Ă travers le Canada. Avec sa collègue JosĂ©e Nadia Drouin, il a contribuĂ© Ă crĂ©er en 2016 la rubrique de vĂ©rification des faits (« fact-checking ») Le DĂ©tecteur de rumeurs et Ă engager l’ASP dans l’éducation Ă l’information, par l’intermĂ©diaire de contenus vidĂ©o et audio, et d’ateliers en classe. L’ASP a rĂ©cemment crĂ©Ă© un cours en ligne gratuit de littĂ©ratie scientifique Ă l’intention des professionnels de l’information, DĂ©coder l’info scientifique. Pascal est Ă©galement chargĂ© de cours en journalisme Ă l’UniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al et a publiĂ© quelques livres, notamment sur la vulgarisation et le journalisme Ă la pige.
Eve Lazarus
Eve Lazarus is the author of 11 books of non-fiction, and she is the host and producer of the true crime podcast Cold Case Canada. Her books include the BC bestsellers Cold Case BC; Murder by Milkshake; Blood, Sweat, and Fear; and Cold Case Vancouver. Her latest book is Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck coming out this April.www.evelazarus.com
Katia Lo Innes
Katia Lo Innes is a writer and journalist based in Montréal. She is the Associate Producer at The Breach. Her writing has appeared in Maisonneuve, Hobart Pulp, ExPat, and others.
Sayyara Mammadova
Sayyara is a journalist specializing in disinformation, fact-checking, OSINT. A Research Associate at DFRLab, she focuses on disinformation and influence operations. She trains in digital investigative tools; assesses fact-checkers at IFCN and EFCSN.
Emma McIntosh
Emma McIntosh is a Toronto-based reporter for The Narwhal, where she writes about environmental policy and the natural world in Ontario. She was part of the joint Narwhal/Toronto Star team that won a Michener Award in 2024 for investigating Ontario’s Greenbelt scandal. Stories she’s worked on have also been recognized by the National Newspaper Awards, the Canadian Association of Journalists and the Digital Publishing Awards.
Megan McPhaden
A journalist turned digital content strategist, Megan McPhaden has spent the past ten years managing the production and strategy of editorial content for print, digital, and broadcast media organizations.
Shalu Mehta
Shalu Mehta is the Island editor for The Discourse and is based on the traditional land of the lək̓ʷəŋən People (Victoria, B.C.). She works with reporters in the Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo and Comox Valley. Prior to this, she was a reporter for The Discourse Cowichan, as well as other local newspapers on Vancouver Island and in Ontario. Shalu has a deep passion for trauma-informed journalism and aims to centre voices that aren’t often heard. She also enjoys environmental reporting and examining the intersections between social and environmental issues. Shalu takes a listening-first approach to her work and endeavours to ground it in learnings from the community.
Angela Mullins
Angela Mullins is the editorial director at Pink Triangle Press, Canada’s longest serving 2SLGBTQIA+ media organization and the publisher of Xtra magazine. She has more than 20 years of experience as a journalist in the U.S. and Canada
Ashley Okwuosa
Ashley Okwuosa is a GTA based journalist and a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School where she received the African Pulitzer fellowship. Her work has been nominated for a 2022 National Magazine Award and a 2023 Digital Publishing Award.
Paloma Pacheco
Paloma Pacheco is a Vancouver-based journalist who writes about culture, social issues and how humans and the natural world interact. Her reporting and essays can be found in The Globe and Mail, The Narwhal, Canadian Geographic, Maisonneuve, The Tyee and Best Health Magazine, among others.
Améli Pineda
AmĂ©li Pineda est journaliste d’enquĂŞte au journal Le Devoir. Elle s’est dĂ©marquĂ©e par sa couverture des dossiers de violences sexuelles et conjugales dans la foulĂ©e du mouvement #MoiAussi. Elle affectionne les affaires judiciaires et sociales et privilĂ©gie le travail de terrain, qui permet de mettre des visages sur des enjeux d’actualitĂ©.
Anusha Runganaikaloo
Originaire de l’Ă®le Maurice, Anusha est diplĂ´mĂ©e en mĂ©diation culturelle et communication de l’universitĂ© de Montpellier (France). Fondatrice du magazine littĂ©raire Soleil hirsute, elle est bĂ©nĂ©vole depuis plusieurs annĂ©es au sein d’un centre de soins palliatifs pĂ©diatriques Ă MontrĂ©al. Elle intègre l’Ă©quipe de la maison d’Ă©dition L’Esprit libre en 2021, oĂą elle est prĂ©sentement responsable du balado Voix libres et membre de l’Ă©quipe chargĂ©e de la communication sur les rĂ©seaux sociaux.
Alexis Riopel
Alexis Riopel est journaliste au Devoir depuis 2018, oĂą il couvre la science, l’Ă©nergie et l’environnement. Il signe Ă©galement la chronique «Nouvel Ă©quilibre» dans QuĂ©bec Science depuis 2024. Après un baccalaurĂ©at en physique (UniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al) et une maĂ®trise en sciences atmosphĂ©riques et ocĂ©aniques (UniversitĂ© McGill), il a Ă©tĂ© laurĂ©at de la bourse Fernand-Seguin en journalisme scientifique en 2017.
Lela Savic
Lela Savic is the founding editor of La Converse, a francophone community-powered media. She has worked at Journal Métro in Montreal, covering politics and human rights, CBC’s investigative show Enquête, La Presse and regularly presents lectures on biases and positionality in the media in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications and Psychology from Concordia University and a certificate in Journalism from the University of Montreal. The misrepresentation of her people in the media, the Roma, pushed her to the world of journalism.
Bifan Sun
Bifan Sun est journaliste spécialisée dans les enjeux de racisme et d’anti-racisme pour Pivot. Elle s’engage à faire entendre les voix issues des communautés racisées, sous-représentées dans la sphère médiatique francophone. Elle a notamment couvert des actualités liées à la justice migratoire et à la justice environnementale.
Maryse Tessier
Maryse Tessier est MontrĂ©alaise d’adoption. Elle est diplĂ´mĂ©e de l’UniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al en traduction et en journalisme. Elle occupe la fonction de journaliste au pupitre web et mobile de La Presse depuis 2010. Elle a assurĂ© pendant plusieurs annĂ©es la prĂ©sence du quotidien montrĂ©alais sur les rĂ©seaux sociaux. Depuis 2019, elle crĂ©e de la vidĂ©o. Elle se passionne pour les sujets un peu champ gauche, en plus d’avoir Ă cĹ“ur l’expĂ©rience utilisateur. Depuis 2022, elle rĂ©dige l’infolettre L’angle positif, toujours pour La Presse.
Sophie Allard
Sophie Allard est actuellement rédactrice en chef des magazines jeunesse Les Explorateurs et Sport Débrouillards. Pendant 20 ans, elle a été journaliste au quotidien La Presse où elle a remporté plusieurs prix. L’an dernier, elle faisait partie de l’équipe du magazine 100°, finaliste du Prix d’excellence en publication numérique. Autrice, elle a publié à ce jour plus d’une douzaine de titres.
Leslie Andrachuk
Leslie Andrachuk has worked in the digital media and marketing space for over 25 years, working for a variety of companies launching and operating digital media such as Eyeweekly.com, CanadianImmigrant.ca, Sway Magazine, Real Estate News and others. Her marketing experience includes time at The Globe and Mail and at HomeStars where she was Director of Marketing at both companies. Leslie is currently the Digital Director at The Health Insider. Prior to this, she founded a multi-platform media network called Alpha Woman. As a fluent speaker of French and English, Leslie also worked overseas with a number of global brands, launching an ISP for Vodafone Romania and heading up an account team for McCann Erickson Romania where she managed brands such as Coca-Cola, L’Oreal and Unilever. Additionally, she is the co-founder of Canada’s Top 25 Immigrants Awards.
Jesse Andrushko
Since joining APTN’s digital news team eight years ago, Jesse has contributed to the development of podcasts, live streaming initiatives, web page development and expanding the networks’ reach. Métis, with a passion for technology and video, Jesse is committed to creating high-quality, impactful digital content. A former intern the Journalists for Human Rights program, he continues to explore innovative ways to connect audiences.
Nathaniel Basen
Nathaniel Basen is the senior editor for TVO Today.
Christopher Bond
Chris is an award winning art director with over 25 years experience working for some of Canada’s top brands in both print and digital publishing and marketing. Chris recently joined the team at Zoomer magazine as Art Director, working on the magazine and all digital channels.
Previously, he worked as Associate Creative Director on the Sobeys account at St. Joseph Communications and prior to that, at a variety of iconic Canadian magazine brands, including Canadian Living, Style at Home, ELLE Canada and HELLO Canada. During this time he worked with development, digital and editorial content, sales and marketing teams to facilitate the creation, implementation and management of digital best practices, technical innovation, partnerships and strategy across all print and digital platforms.
Chris lives on the east side of Toronto with his husband and Pug, Piper.
Jean Bourbeau
A graduate in literature from the Université du Québec à Montréal, Jean Bourbeau has been a journalist since 2020. From local stories to major global issues, he has traveled across four continents, capturing the world through immersive, first-person journalism that seamlessly intertwines narrative and photography. His acclaimed work draws inspiration from the New Journalism movement, embracing immersion, intimacy, and a subjective lens to bring reality to life with depth and nuance.
Sheima Benembarek
Sheima Benembarek is a Moroccan Canadian journalist, writer, and magazine publishing professional. She has worked as a special reports editor at Strategy, a senior editor for Toronto Life, an events manager for The Walrus (where she focused on developing programming for The Walrus Talks series that featured underrepresented voices), a business development and brand communications lead at Corporate Knights, and as an associate editor at Broadview. Currently, she is a contributing writer for The Walrus. Sheima is also the author of Halal Sex: The Intimate Lives of Muslim Women in North America.
Jamie Bradburn
Toronto-based freelance writer/historian, who primarily writes for TVO Today. Past winner of a National Magazine Award (2014, Blog category). Have previously judged for both NMA and DPA.
David Bruser
David is the Toronto Star’s Investigations Editor. He previously worked as a reporter and deputy editor on the Investigations team.
He first joined the Star as an intern in 2003, when he returned home from his first reporting job in McComb, Mississippi.
Mathieu Carbasse
Après avoir occupĂ© notamment un poste de producteur Ă Noovo Info ou de rĂ©dacteur en chef adjoint Ă L’actualitĂ©, Mathieu Carbasse a choisi de renouer avec le travail de terrain. Reporter gĂ©nĂ©raliste au Devoir, il couvre le secteur de l’économie et s’intĂ©resse aux grandes questions de sociĂ©tĂ©, au QuĂ©bec comme Ă l’étranger. Titulaire d’un baccalaurĂ©at en journalisme de l’Institut SupĂ©rieur des MĂ©dias de Lyon (France), il a remportĂ© en 2024 la MĂ©daille d’argent aux Prix d’excellence en publication numĂ©rique pour le documentaire «TĂ©moin C.F.».
Matteo Cimellaro
Matteo Cimellaro has spent the past three years reporting on the intersection of climate change and Indigenous affairs for Canada’s National Observer. His work on wildfires awarded him an international climate journalism award. He is now writing on the public service for the Ottawa Citizen. Matteo is mixed-race with ancestral ties to Ermineskin Cree Nation and Southern Italy.
Kate Daley
Kate Daley is an award-winning journalist and communications professional. She was an editor at leading Canadian magazines, worked brand strategy at SickKids Foundation and is currently the Associate Director of Communications at Campfire Circle.
Ralph Elawani
Ralph Elawani est Ă©crivain, journaliste et Ă©diteur. Il est l’auteur d’une biographie du romancier et cinĂ©aste Emmanuel Cocke, C’est complet au royaume des morts (2014), d’un essai sur la contre-culture au QuĂ©bec, Les marges dĂ©tachables (2014), ainsi que d’un recueil de poĂ©sie, Tout ce que la police ne sait pas (2025). Depuis 2010, il a rĂ©digĂ© plusieurs centaines de portraits et d’articles dans la presse spĂ©cialisĂ©e, en plus de contribuer Ă une dizaine de chapitres dans divers ouvrages collectifs publiĂ©s en français et en anglais. En 2020, il a codirigĂ©, avec Guillaume Lafleur, l’ouvrage XPQ: traversĂ©e du cinĂ©ma expĂ©rimental quĂ©bĂ©cois. Il a Ă©galement coĂ©crit les textes de l’album Exposition individuelle du groupe Hippie Hourrah, paru en 2023. En tant qu’Ă©diteur, Ralph Elawani est responsable de la crĂ©ation des collections NITRATE et FILMÉCRITURE aux Ă©ditions Somme toute, qui ont publiĂ© plusieurs livres consacrĂ©s au septième art.
Vanessa Grant
Vanessa Grant is the editor-in-chief of Today’s Parent. With more than 15 years of experience in journalism and content marketing, she’s shaped engaging content for some of Canada’s top media brands.
Alyshah Hasham
Alyshah Hasham is a journalist with the Toronto Star, currently covering city hall after several years on the courts beat.
Matt Joycey
Matt Joycey has worked in Montreal’s news media industry for the past 13 years. He has shot and edited award winning long and short form pieces of content for VICE, QuĂ©becor and Le Devoir. He is now freelancing and continues to gain experience on the field working as a reporter, photojournalist and director of photography with collaborators like The New York Times, and l’ActualitĂ©.
Philippe LĂ©pine
Philippe LĂ©pine is the deputy editor-in-chief at Châtelaine. He has worked for Quebec francophone news outlets MĂ©tro, HuffPost, La Presse, L’actualitĂ© as a journalist and multi-platform director. He thrives in digital environments and covers social issues and style trends.
Carly Lewis
Carly Lewis is a journalist living in Toronto. Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and Digital Publishing Awards. In 2023 she received the Dave Greber Magazine Writing Award.
Jessica MacDonald
Jessica MacDonald is an editor based in Toronto, ON, with over five years of experience working in the Canadian magazine industry. She is currently Managing Editor at the Inuit Art Quarterly.
Dominique Maheux
Forte d’une vingtaine d’années d’expériences professionnelles, Dominique a collaboré avec de nombreux médias : Journal Voir & Hour, MusiquePlus & MusiMax, À la Di Stasio, Super Écran, Canal Vie, Z, VRAK, Muramur, FraichementPressé & Sympatico, Stingray, et URBANIA.
Gestionnaire de contenu aguerrie, les points forts de Dominique sont la conception-création, la scénarisation du contenu et sa mise en image.
Dominique, c’est aussi une passionnée de design, de culture, d’architecture, de stylisme, de bouffe et de vin.
Maddy Mahoney
Maddy Mahoney is a features editor at Toronto Life magazine. Their work has also appeared in Xtra, Maisonnueve and CBC.
Jackie McKay
Jackie McKay is a MĂ©tis journalist working for CBC Indigenous covering B.C. She was a reporter for CBC North for more than five years spending the majority of her time in Nunavut. McKay has been honoured to tell stories from Indigenous communities across Canada. Her work has been recognized by the Canadian Association of Journalism awards, The Canadian Screen Awards, the Indigenous Media Awards, and the Digital Publishing Awards.
Katie Mercer
Katie, a strategist at Blue Engine Collaborative, excels in digital editorial innovation and audience growth. As the former VP of Content at Glacier Media, she expertly merged digital strategies with storytelling, enhancing online media presence.
Sasha Nagy
Sasha Nagy is a veteran journalist turned video producer, who has worked in visual storytelling with some of the country’s largest media brands from the Globe and Mail, Huffington Post Canada and Yahoo. He currently leads Forty First Street Media.
Valérie Ouellet
Valérie Ouellet is a bilingual investigative reporter with CBC News in Toronto. She focuses on data-driven storytelling, often reporting on women’s health, Canada’s carceral system and social injustices. She has won a CAJ Data Journalism Award, an Amnesty International Media Award and the prestigious St. Clair Balfour Fellowship in 2022. She also teaches data journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University and mentors early-career journalists through the Canadian Association of Journalists.
Neil Parmar
Neil supports the marketing team at SickKids Foundation, which fundraises for The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). He’s also a board member at Community Foundations of Canada and the Edmonton International Film Festival.
Mark Pupo
Mark Pupo is the author of Sundays (Appetite, Penguin Random House Canada). He has contributed to Toronto Life, Maclean’s, Canadian Business, The Globe and Mail, Cottage Life, Reader’s Digest Canada and Chatelaine.
Della Rollins
Della is a Toronto-based freelance producer, photographer and photo editor. She has worked as Photo Editor at Studio Wyse, overseeing photography for Canadian Business, University of Toronto Magazine, Toronto Metropolitan University Magazine, Willamette Magazine, Voyageur Magazine, Queen’s Alumni Review and other clients. Prior to joining Studio Wyse, she was a Contributing Photo Editor and Freelance Video Producer at Maclean’s. Her photo and video work has appeared in leading newspapers and magazines and she also shoots for a large roster of some of the world’s top organizations.
Maryam Siddiqi
Maryam Siddiqi is a Toronto-based editor, writer and editorial consultant specializing in the social impact of travel and lifestyle trends. Her journalism work has appeared in The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Canadian Geographic, Afar, Food and Wine and National Geographic among other publications.
Marylène Têtu
Ancienne rĂ©alisatrice radio et rĂ©alisatrice numĂ©rique avec l’Ă©quipe de Radio-Canada, Ă Vancouver, Marylène TĂŞtu est actuellement cheffe de projets numĂ©riques pour les MĂ©dias rĂ©gionaux. Elle compte parmi ses tâches, la coordination des rĂ©cits Empreintes, Ă l’Ă©chelle du pays.
Sandrine Vieira
Sandrine Vieira couvre la politique fédérale à titre de correspondante parlementaire à Ottawa. Avant cela, elle a été journaliste de données, où ses projets ont été récompensés pour leur excellence en publication numérique.
Hannah Yakobi
Hannah Yakobi is the Editor-in-Chief of FAJO Magazine, and an award-winning journalist & communications executive. Over the last 24 years, she has interviewed and photographed many icons, such as Al Pacino, Isaac Mizrahi, Kate Winslet & Kenzo Takada.
Kate Allen
Kate Allen is an award-winning climate change reporter at the Toronto Star. She is based out of the Toronto City Hall press gallery, and covers the global climate crisis with a sharply local lens. She has been writing about science and the environment for more than a decade, and has covered subjects as varied as Japanese jellyfish blooms, a two-year-old’s access to greenspace, and the fate of a dead blue whale skeleton. She lives in Toronto with her husband and two children.
Luc Archambault
Journaliste, auteur, Ă©diteur, Luc Archambault se dĂ©marque par sa grande curiositĂ© intellectuelle, sa passion pour le cinĂ©ma et son appĂ©tit pour les destinations lointaines. Ainsi, il a bourlinguĂ© un peu partout en AmĂ©rique du Nord, a vĂ©cu deux ans en Allemagne, un an au Maroc, un an en Inde et trois ans en Chine, sans compter les innombrables heures Ă explorer les mĂ©andres de l’expĂ©rience humaine via son immense bibliothèque personnelle.
Marie-Lou Bernatchez
Professionnelle polyvalente, j’ai dĂ©veloppĂ© une expertise en rĂ©daction et en gestion de projets au fil de diverses expĂ©riences. Actuellement, je travaille en tant que rĂ©dactrice francophone adjointe chez Universities Canada, oĂą je me consacre Ă la recherche et Ă la rĂ©daction d’articles de fond. Auparavant, j’ai Ă©tĂ© journaliste indĂ©pendante pour plusieurs publications telles que Last Mountain Times Ltd. et Sasktoday.ca. J’ai Ă©galement occupĂ© des rĂ´les de leadership au Journal l’Eau vive en Saskatchewan, oĂą j’ai Ă©tĂ© directrice gĂ©nĂ©rale , tout en poursuivant ma carrière de journaliste. Au cours de ma carrière, j’ai eu l’honneur de recevoir plusieurs distinctions pour mon travail journalistique. J’ai Ă©tĂ© finaliste pour l’article d’actualitĂ© de l’annĂ©e en aoĂ»t 2023, dĂ©cernĂ© par RĂ©seau.presse, ainsi que pour l’article Arts et culture de l’annĂ©e en septembre 2022, attribuĂ© par l’Association de la presse francophone, en lien avec mon travail pour le Journal l’Eau vive. En 2022, j’ai Ă©galement Ă©tĂ© rĂ©compensĂ©e pour ma photographie, en recevant les titres de Photographie de l’annĂ©e et de « Une » de l’annĂ©e lors des prix de l’Association de la presse francophone. De plus, en 2020, j’ai remportĂ© le prix du Meilleur article de l’annĂ©e dans la catĂ©gorie Arts & Culture, toujours en collaboration avec le Journal l’Eau vive.
Kathy Buckworth
I’m the author of six published books and hundreds of articles on parenting and travel, in print and online. Website kathybuckworth.com
Dmitry Beniaminov
Dmitry is a web guru and technology consultant specializing in digital transformation, technology education, streamlined process operations and all things web.
Cristina Carpio
Cristina is a TV personality, storyteller, and brand strategist. with over ten years of experience in media, producing on multiple platforms. Most recently, one of the main hosts of CTV Morning Live and she owns digital publication Evolvemagazine.ca
Marine Corniou
Marine Corniou est la rĂ©dactrice en chef du magazine QuĂ©bec Science depuis janvier 2024 ; elle y travaille depuis 2011, d’abord comme journaliste puis comme rĂ©dactrice en chef adjointe. FormĂ©e en agronomie et biologie molĂ©culaire, elle a travaillĂ© dans la presse mĂ©dicale et grand public en France et au QuĂ©bec. Elle se passionne pour tous les sujets scientifiques, de la physique des particules Ă l’environnement, des nouvelles technologies Ă la mĂ©decine. LaurĂ©ate de plusieurs prix de journalisme, elle est aussi l’autrice du livre C’est quoi ĂŞtre accro? paru aux Ă©ditions Auzou en 2023.
Matthew DiMera
Matthew DiMera is a journalist whose work focuses on the intersections of race, media and power. They are the founder of The Resolve, an independent media outlet in Canada centring and celebrating Indigenous, Black, and racialized stories.
Chris Gallipeau
Chris is a content development strategist with a passion for telling compelling, engaging and informative stories. His background is in video production, digital content development and strategy. Chris currently serves as the Director of Video, Audio & Apps at Postmedia. In this role he develops video and audio content strategies for Postmedia’s network of newsrooms and leads the product strategy for Postmedia’s digital properties with a focus on video, audio and apps.
Valérie Gaudreau
ValĂ©rie Gaudreau Chroniqueuse politique, Le Soleil EntrĂ©e au Soleil en 2003, ValĂ©rie Gaudreau a travaillĂ© aux faits divers, au pupitre et aux arts et spectacles avant de couvrir la scène municipale de QuĂ©bec 1 de 2011 Ă 2017. Elle a fait cette annĂ©e-lĂ le saut Ă la direction comme directrice de l’information avant d’être nommĂ©e rĂ©dactrice en chef du Soleil, poste qu’elle occupe de 2018 Ă janvier 2024, qui marque un retour Ă l’Ă©criture Ă titre de chroniqueuse politique municipale et nationale. Elle est aussi impliquĂ©e Ă la FĂ©dĂ©ration professionnelle des journalistes du QuĂ©bec et accompagne depuis 2011 les jeunes journalistes du magazine de rue La QuĂŞte. ValĂ©rie est passionnĂ©e de politique, de littĂ©rature et de culture pop.
François Grenier
François Grenier, issu des sciences humaines, est un communicateur scientifique de métier. Il a d’abord amorcé sa carrière en muséologie, à titre de rédacteur et de concepteur, entre autres pour le Biodôme de Montréal et le
Jardin botanique. Il a ensuite pratiqué les métiers de journaliste, de scénariste, de rédacteur en chef et de réalisateur dans le genre du documentaire scientifique tout en continuant de collaborer à de nombreuses expositions, notamment pour le Centre des sciences de Montréal et la Biosphère. Comptant plusieurs cordes à son arc, François se distingue par sa rigueur, sa méticulosité et l’originalité de son écriture qu’il met au service de M361, depuis plus de huit ans, à titre de conseiller spécial.
Madi Haslam
Madi Haslam is the digital editor of Toronto Life. Previously, she was editor-in-chief of Maisonneuve. She is editor of the anthology Letters From Montreal: Tales of an Exceptional City (VĂ©hicule Press, 2022).
Lito Howse
Lito is a Toronto-based video producer, photographer and editor. They have previously worked as a senior writer and producer for CBC News Network tracking developing local, national and international news, and as a video producer with Xtra Magazine highlighting queer and trans narratives. Currently, they work as a video producer in the public sector and as a freelancer.
JP Karwacki
JP Karwacki is the managing editor of the Montreal cultural storytelling magazine The Main and its weekly newsletter The Bulletin. Previously the inaugural editor of Time Out Montreal, his bylines have appeared in NUVO, the Montreal Gazette, Time Magazine, Eater, and Cult MTL. He has been a juror for the Digital Publishing Awards since 2023. You can follow him on Instagram at @johnnycrust.
Wency Leung
Wency Leung is a reporter for The Local, an independent news magazine focusing on urban health and social issues in Toronto. She was previously a health reporter for The Globe and Mail, and she has worked at The Prague Post, The Vancouver Sun, The Cambodia Daily, and Reuters.
Genelle Levy
Genelle Levy is a journalist who has contributed to over 20+ publications including national newspapers and magazines such as The Guardian, NBC News, Condé Nast and CBC News. In the past year she has covered climate change and its impact on Indigenous communities, the art sector in Toronto and the youth mental health crisis. Alongside her journalistic work, Genelle also teaches news and feature writing at Toronto Metropolitan University and Humber Polytechnic.
Minelle Mahtani
Minelle Mahtani is a scholar, writer and broadcaster. She won a gold medal in the Digital Publishing Awards for her piece in The Walrus and was nominated for two national magazine awards for her work in THIS magazine and Geist. Her work has further appeared in Maisonneuve, carte blanche and Southeast Review. Her memoir May it Have a Happy Ending is out now with Doubleday/Penguin Random House and was named one of the top 30 books to read this winter by CBC and one of the top 10 memoirs of the year by Audible Canada. It was also chosen by Books for Inmates as a book to be read in penitentiaries across Canada.
Erin McLaughlin
I launched ELLE Gourmet in Canada (print and digital) with business partner Jacqueline Howe. We publish ELLE Gourmet through our content company ELLISPark.co. I was formerly editorial director of Canadian Living, Style at Home & Canadian Gardening.
Angela Misri
Angela Misri is an award-winning journalist, author and educator who has worked in the industry for over 25 years at The Walrus and the CBC. She’s currently an assistant professor in TMU’s School of Journalism.
Marie-Christine Noël
Depuis 15 ans, Marie-Christine Noël porte plusieurs chapeaux, dont réalisatrice, scénariste, autrice et journaliste. Elle signe la réalisation des documentaires médiatisés Témoin C.F. sur le processus judiciaire de Catherine Fournier, agressée par l’ex-député Harold Lebel, ainsi que Drogues du viol sur le fléau de la soumission chimique au Canada. Elle est récipiendaire d’un prix Gémeaux pour son incursion dans le milieu des préposées aux bénéficiaires pendant la pandémie. En plus d’un documentaire, elle porte comme journalise la série balado (true crime) Par pure vengeance, l’histoire de Normand Dubé, un pilote qui a saboté les lignes d’Hydro-Québec avec son avion. Son premier livre Une médaille à tout prix sur les dérapages dans le milieu du patinage artistique au Québec a fait écho dans différentes organisations sportives au Canada. Elle signe aussi un documentaire sur le même sujet. En 2024, elle a remporté la très prestigieuse Bourse Michener-Deacon accordée par la gouverneure générale du Canada pour le journalisme d’enquête qui vise à promouvoir l’excellence en journalisme d’intérêt public.
Shannon PĂ©court
Shannon Pécourt est journaliste au pupitre web au Devoir depuis 2019, où elle a participé à la stratégie du média sur les réseaux sociaux. Son affinité avec les chiffres l’a amenée à travailler pour La Presse canadienne en tant que journaliste de données. Elle s’intéresse également à l’immigration et à tout ce qui touche aux nouvelles technologies.
Maude Petel-Légaré
Maude Petel-Légaré est réalisatrice de documentaires sonores, formatrice et journaliste. Son écriture est principalement guidée par la parole et le ressenti de ceux et celles qu’elle rencontre. Au cours des dernières années, Maude a développé un fort intérêt pour les sujets en lien avec la violence basée sur le genre. Sa première série balado qui porte sur le sujet est Synthèses III: Le cas Catherine Daviau, un true crime féministe qui dénonce les féminicides au Québec, réalisé avec Claudia Larochelle et l’équipe de Transistor. Ce dernier leur a valu le prix du meilleur podcast hors France au Paris Podcast Festival en 2022.
Geneviève Raymond
Œuvrant dans les médias québécois (Radio-Canada, Québecor, Groupe Pixcom, TC Media, Musique Plus) depuis plus de 18 ans à titre de rédactrice en chef, journaliste, réalisatrice et experte en création de contenu multiplateforme, Geneviève a un intérêt marqué pour le numérique ainsi qu’une excellente notoriété dans le domaine. Elle partage aujourd’hui son expérience avec les étudiants et les étudiantes au certificat en journalisme de l’Université de Montréal.
Inori Roy
Inori Roy is a Toronto-based feature writer and associate editor at The Local magazine. She specializes in longform reporting that pairs revelatory data analysis with narrative and insights from people with lived experience. She has previously been published in the Toronto Star, CBC, and The Narwhal, and been nominated for the Digital Publishing Awards and Canadian Association of Journalists awards.
Kharoll-Ann Souffrant
Kharoll-Ann Souffrant is a social worker and doctoral candidate in Social Work at the University of Ottawa. She is a columnist for Noovo Info and À Babord! As an author, she has published Le privilege de dénoncer – Justice pour toutes les victimes de violences sexuelles (Éditions du remue-ménage, 2022) who has been chosen for the Jury’s Selection of the Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal 2023. Her writing has appeared in Policy Options, Possibles, Liberté, Le Devoir, La Conversation Canada, The Globe and Mail and La Gazette des femmes.
David Topping
David is the Newsletters Director at the Toronto Star and Torstar’s other titles. Among other NMA and DPA wins over his career, he has racked up half of all the awards ever given for Best Infographic. (Okay, they only had it twice, but still.)
Alexandra Whyte
Alexandra Whyte is a writer and editor in Toronto who has covered everything from how coconuts ended up on the shores of New Brunswick to federal elections and interviews with the best chefs in the world. Her work has been published in House & Home, Toronto Life, Toronto Star, Canadian Business and more.
Fadi Yaacoub
Fadi Yaacoub is a media and brand strategist with 20+ years of experience across television, digital, mobile, social, and podcasts in both French and English markets. He has helped talents and businesses reinvent themselves and thrive in an evolving digital landscape. As the founder of FYRST, he works with executives, entrepreneurs, and creatives to build authentic brands that adapt and lead in the AI era. A returning jury member for the Digital Publishing Awards, Fadi is passionate about shaping the future of digital media.
Lucy Uprichard
Lucy Uprichard is a British writer, editor and fact-checker based in TiohtiĂ :ke (Montreal). Her current role is as the staff fact checker at The Walrus and she was previously the editor-in-chief for Maisonneuve and a contributing editor at The Breach. She has an interest in journalism that supports social justice movements and local DIY/literary projects.