Hannah Mercanti

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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.
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Good as Newsletter

Amid the instability of social media, email newsletters are back and booming…
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Anything You Can Do, AI Can(‘t) Do Better

ChatGPT can write opinions and advice—just not very well If you’ve been…

Dear Journalist Episode 5: Us, You and the Review

In this final episode of Dear Journalist, the hosts are the ones giving their “pearls” of wisdom. We discuss our history with podcasting, our experience at the Review, why we chose to enroll in TMU’s journalism program, and some things we wish we heard before enrolling in the program.

Dear Journalist Episode 4: It Never Gets Easier

Yezua Ho interviews Ivor Shapiro in the fourth episode of Dear Journalist, discussing with co-host Hannah Mercanti and Christina Apa afterwards.

Dear Journalist Episode 3: Learn How to Say No 

*DISCLAIMER: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS REFERENCES TO SEXUAL ABUSE.* Hannah Mercanti interviews Kevin…

Dear Journalist Episode 2: For Photojournalists, Practise Makes Progress

*DISCLAIMER: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGERY OF ANIMAL CRUELTY.* Yezua Ho interviews…
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Word on the Streeter

Our parents taught us not to talk to strangers. But interviewing people on the street is a journalism staple—a practice that continues to make waves on social media.

Dear Journalist Episode 1: A Code of Ethics?

In the first episode of Dear Journalist, Mark Henick interviews Kevin Newman, discussing with co-hosts Hannah Mercanti and Yezua Ho afterwards. Newman is a seasoned journalist with a distinguished career in the field, best known for his role as the former chief anchor of Global National and as host and managing editor of CTV’s W5. He shares insights from his extensive experience, and a valuable lesson he learned early in his journalism career.

Dear Journalist Podcast Trailer

Dear Journalist is a monthly podcast created by the masthead at the Review of Journalism, interviewing established Canadian journalists about lessons they were only able to learn in the field.