Editorial Team
Prarthana Pathak
Editor
| Prarthana is a second-year Master of Journalism student at TMU. She’s an assistant reporter at the Investigative Journalism Bureau and a producer for Beyond the U podcast series at Toronto Met Radio. She additionally has work published in Maclean’s, Broadview, and other publications. She is passionate about sharing socio-political stories about displaced and vulnerable communities on a global scale. |
Saman Dara
Senior Editor
| Saman is in her final year of the Master of Journalism program. She is a research assistant at TMU’s Journalism Research Centre, founder and producer of a Met Radio show, and Digital Editor & Social Media coordinator for The Otter. She has a background in communications and an interest in promoting media literacy. |
Lidia Rajcan
Senior/Online Editor
| Lidia is a second-year MJ student. She has interned at TVO, producing weekly segments for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. She is the Copy Editor for The Otter. She has a keen interest in unraveling socio-economic and systemic issues, and bringing a voice to those often underrepresented. |
Helen Jacob
Online Editor
| Helen is a second-year MJ student. She has work published in Toronto Life and Chatelaine among other publications, and enjoys writing fun lifestyle pieces. In the future, she would like to continue pursuing work in the magazine space, but who knows what will happen! |
Sam Jabri-Pickett
Production Editor
| Sam is an MJ student at TMU. He’s written for Reuters and Arabian Business. Sam blends modern reporting and historical scholarship in his journalism, telling stories about interesting subcultures and marginalized communities in the Arab World and wider Middle East. |
Julia Tramontin
Chief Copy Editor
| Julia Tramontin is a fourth-year journalism undergraduate at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is passionate about women’s issues and mental health, firmly believing that storytelling can be transformative. Her writing has been featured in publications like Her Campus. When she’s not editing, she can be found reading or hanging out with her dogs. |
Yezua Ho
Copy Editor
| Yezua Ho is a fourth-year undergraduate journalism student at Toronto Metropolitan University. He’s interested in gaming coverage and the gaming industry as a whole in Canada. As you might’ve expected, he’s usually playing games when he’s not writing. |
Christina Apa
Copy Editor
| Christina Apa is a fourth-year journalism student at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is passionate about women’s issues, arts and culture, and technology journalism. She is currently an editorial intern at Postcall. When she’s not writing you can find her crocheting something she’ll never wear. |
Art Team
Vanessa Skiffington
Visuals Editor
| Vanessa Skiffington is in her fourth year of journalism and fulfilling two minors in fashion and communication design at Toronto Metropolitan University. She enjoys writing stories pertaining to fashion and exploring the aesthetics of visuals. After living in London, England and traveling Europe, Vanessa is inspired to further seek her career in these fields after her experiences abroad. |
Sheridan Williamson-Fraser
Visuals Editor
| Sheridan is a fourth-year journalism undergraduate student at Toronto Metropolitan University. She has experience writing internationally and is eager to pursue that more in the future. She is interested in visual and photojournalism with a focus on arts and culture reporting. |
Madeline Liao
Visuals Editor
| Madeline Liao is a fourth-year journalism undergraduate student. She is also an online editor at The Eyeopener. She is passionate about visual design and telling stories about art, culture and identity. |
Research Team
Hannah Mercanti
Head of Research
| Hannah Mercanti is a fourth-year undergraduate arts and culture journalist based in Toronto. They are the host of All My Books on Met Radio and the Literary Editor at CanCulture Magazine. When they aren’t writing, you can find them drinking coffee and reading Margaret Atwood books. |
Shaki Sutharsan
Head of Research
| Shaki Sutharsan is a Tamil-Canadian journalist and writer currently completing her studies at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). Along with working with the Review of Journalism as co-Head of Research, she is an online editor for TMU’s independent student newspaper The Eyeopener. She previously worked with CBC News and Toronto-based hyperlocal news outlet The Green Line. Follow her on X @shakisuth. |
Podcast Team
Mariana Schuetze
Copy Editor/Podcast Producer
| Mariana Schuetze is a fourth-year undergraduate journalism student at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is the Editor-in-Chief of CanCulture Magazine and works at TMU’s radio station, Met Radio as the Collective Coordinator – so she spends most of her time looking over other people’s work and replying to emails. In her work, she loves to talk about arts, culture and their importance to society. |
Sahaana Ranganathan
Podcast Producer
| Sahaana Ranganathan is a second-year Master of Journalism student at Toronto Metropolitan University. She’s produced segments for TVO’s the Agenda with Steve Paikin, does research for the Investigative Journalism Bureau and is the Art Director for The Otter. She’s passionate about combining arts, culture with social justice. |
Audience and Engagement Team
Mackenzie MacDonald
Audience & Engagement Director
| Mackenzie is a second-year Master of Journalism student at Toronto Metropolitan University. Passionate about solidarity journalism, her research interests include social justice and human rights issues, with a focus on gathering information and statistics, surrounding matters like gender equality, Indigenous rights, criminal justice and more. |
Nathaniel Lawlor
Audience & Engagement, Sales and Sponsorships
| Nathaniel Lawlor is a fourth-year journalism student at Toronto Metropolitan University with an interest in the arts, human rights, and environmentalism. He has communications experience working for a hometown environmental non-profit. |
Lauryn Kovacs
Audience & Engagement, Social Media/Newsletter
| Lauryn Kovacs is a fourth-year undergraduate journalism student at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her interests include singing, songwriting and making illustrations. When she is not writing she is napping whenever possible. |
Kayla McIntosh
Audience & Engagement, Social Media/Newsletter
| Kayla McIntosh is a fourth-year undergraduate journalism student at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her writing has been in publications including Her Campus, On The Record and The Continuist. In her work she is interested in creating documentaries and reporting on arts and culture. |
Stephanie Beattie
Audience & Engagement, Events
| Stephanie Beattie is a fourth-year journalism student at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her journalistic passions include arts and culture, society and humanity. When Stephanie is not reporting, she is painting landscapes. |
Fall 2023 Masthead
Daysha Loppie
Front-of-Book/Back-of-Book Editor
| Daysha Loppie is a fourth year undergraduate student in the journalism program at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her work has been published by the Toronto Star, West End Phoenix, ByBlacks and The Local. She’s interested in long-form feature writing and primarily covers Black communities, social justice, business, arts and culture. |
Mark Henick
Head of Research
| Mark Henick is the bestselling author of So-Called Normal: A Memoir of Family, Depression and Resilience (HarperCollins, 2021). His hundreds of television appearances have included CTV, Global, CBC, ABC, NBC and CBS. His bylines have included CNN, CNBC, USA Today, and The Chicago Tribune, among many more. PEOPLE Magazine called Mark “one of Canada’s most prominent mental health advocates.” He is currently the nationally syndicated mental health columnist for CBC Radio, appearing on more than two dozen stations across Canada each week. |
Domenic Demasi
Special Sections Editor
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Domenic is an MJ student at TMU. He has contributed to The Economist and Sportsnet – mending his passion for International and Sports journalism. His interest and experience in the topic of Transitional Justice and truth throughout the Global South has crafted his global outlook about different cultures, and has fuelled his desire to tell compelling stories from around the world. Photo submitted by Dom Demasi.
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Hannah Abrahamse
Audience & Engagement, Social Media/Newsletter
| Hannah Abrahamse is a second-year Master of Journalism student at Toronto Metropolitan University. |
Photos by Aloysius Wong, except where stated otherwise.