Editorial Team
Ella Miller
Editor
Ella Miller (she/her) is a multimedia journalist based in Toronto, but originally hailing from the backwoods of Eastern Ontario. Ella also has experience as managing editor of CanCulture Magazine and editor-in-chief of The Toronto Abnormal School. Her journalism work focuses on disability justice, queer histories, fandom, and rural life.
Anna-Giselle Funes-Eng
Managing Editor
Anna-Giselle Funes-Eng is a fourth-year journalism student from Toronto. They are excited to help bring people’s stories to life and relish in all the glory of media critique. Previously, they’ve spent three years on the masthead of CanCulture, and is currently the managing editor. You can also hear them on Met Radio, where they coordinate a daily weekday news show, Morning Mixtape News. Anna-Giselle is passionate about stories that question power and help us reimagine what the world could be.
Heaven Silver
Senior Editor
Heaven Silver is a fourth-year journalism student based in Toronto and originally from the Scenic City of Owen Sound. Their writing has been featured in publications such as T-dot and Mosaic, and they are passionate about stories focusing on socio-economic issues and marginalized communities in Canada, as well as the worlds of hockey and queer culture. When they’re not writing, they can usually be found watching hockey with friends.
Isabella Iula
Online Editor
Isabella Iula (she/her) is a multimedia journalist based in Toronto. With bylines in CanCulture, Her Campus, and T-dot, her work covers the latest in pop culture, ranging from arts and entertainment to technology. She currently works as the communications coordinator for Journalistic Role Performance Canada, where she produces engaging and accessible social media content to help build viewership and knowledge of journalistic ideals and practice.
Ariel Tozman
Online Editor
Ariel Tozman (she/her) is a second-year Master of Journalism student based in Toronto. She is looking forward to pitching and editing stories that are pressing, accessible, and rooted in fact. Ariel’s experience covers radio, TV, and digital, with bylines in CBC, Maclean’s, and TMU’s The Eyeopener. Her work for the bridge news, a community publication serving Toronto’s downtown east, focuses on housing issues. When she isn’t running around (which is rarely), you can find her reading fiction.
Podcast Team
Mark Henick
Podcast Editor
Mark Henick (he/him) is a Toronto-based journalist, writer and media commentator. He is the bestselling author of So-Called Normal: A Memoir of Family, Depression and Resilience (HarperCollins, 2021). His commentary has been heard across Canada as the nationally syndicated mental health columnist for CBC Radio. His writing and analysis has also appeared in outlets such as The Globe and Mail, People, The Chicago Tribune, USA Today, and CNN. He is the editor of the Review of Journalism’s podcast, Pull Quotes.
Dylan Kulcher
Podcast Assistant
Dylan Kulcher (he/him) is an experienced professional of over 10 years in communications. Graduating with the TMU class of 2026, he has carried over a diverse range of skills in following his passion to work in journalism. He first started writing in the queer online publications Pink Play Mags and has since contributed to T-dot and JRN Radio. You can follow Dylan’s journaling of his varied interests in subcultures at his blog site, 4thdimensionanomalies.
Art Team
Paul Kim
Art Director
Paul Kim (he/him) is a hands-on art director and illustrator based in Toronto. For over 10 years, he’s produced impactful visuals for brands and media organizations, in collaboration with editorial, marketing and digital teams. His work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and The Advertising & Design Club of Canada.
Matthew Konhauser
Visuals Editor
Matthew Konhauser (he/him) is a second-year Master of Journalism student, multimedia journalist, creative, researcher, and writer. He currently works at the CBC with bylines in The Globe and Mail, TorontoToday, and The Gateway. He has covered the opioid crisis, the Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal, wildfires, and gun violence. He has published research in AlbertaHistory, and written fiction for the Capital City Press Anthology.
Research Team
Larayb Abrar
Head of Research
Larayb Abrar (she/they) is a final year Master of Journalism student. Her writing can be found in magazines including Chatelaine, Maisonneuve, and Xtra.
Addie Tiller
Head of Copyediting
Addie Tiller (she/her) is a Toronto-based journalist and Master of Journalism student. Addie has previous experience copy editing in the non-profit sector and has bylines in outlets across Canada. She’s interested in stories on social issues, food and culture, and politics.
Breanna Milton
Fact-Checker/Copy Editor
Breanna Milton (she/they) is a fourth-year journalism student whose origins trace back to the States in Sunny Florida and Colourful Colorado. Her background in arts and culture reporting combined with her minor degree in English have inspired her path in feature writing and editing. She has published pieces for The Eyeopener and Her Campus and is an editorial member of the Non-Fiction Committee at the Toronto-based literary magazine, White Wall Review. Stories on culture, underrepresented or marginalized communities, local social issues, and equity are her focuses of interest.
Gray Moloy
Fact-Checker/Copy Editor
Gray Moloy (he/they) is fourth-year journalism student based in Toronto, originally from Orillia, Ontario. He is interested in multimedia journalism and finding new ways to tell stories through comics and illustration. You can find his work in The Eyeopener, CanCulture, and The Toronto Abnormal School. He is passionate about reporting on small communities, subcultures, and social justice.
Business & Audience Engagement Team
Vihaan Bhatnager
Head of Business & Audience Engagement
Vihaan Bhatnagar (he/him) is a fourth-year journalism student at Toronto Metropolitan University. He has held masthead positions on The Eyeopener and The Toronto Abnormal School, and has worked with the Investigative Journalism Bureau while on an internship.
Trae Davis
Head of Business & Audience Engagement
Trae Davis (he/him) is a fourth-year journalism student based in Toronto, originally from Montreal. He is passionate about stories involving sports business, global politics, and sociocultural storytelling with words written for TMU’s independent newspaper, The Eyeopener and Over The Line Sports.
Caleb Jackson
Head of Advertising & Sponsorship
Caleb Jackson (they/them) is a Toronto-based journalist and writer with a focus on features about media and culture. Caleb is a founding member of The Toronto Abnormal School, a campus satire paper and has words published in The Eyeopener, CanCulture, and Agoria’s B-Sides music blog. In their free time, you can find Caleb spending time with their cat and lurking retro game stores.
Hailey Ford
Conference Editor
Hailey Ford (she/her) has previously written for The Pointer, the Toronto Star, CanCulture, and The Eyeopener. She’s particularly passionate about stories related to housing, social issues, arts, and science.
Drew Yang
Head of Social Media
Drew Yang (he/him) is a second-year Master of Journalism student and multimedia journalist, specializing in digital media, and content creation. He has experience as a working content producer and strategist. Drew’s clientele includes the likes of Sportsnet, CityTV, Nike, and Google.
Contributors
Manroop Aulakh
Manroop Aulakh (she/her) is a fourth-year journalism student based in Toronto. She is interested in arts and culture, social justice issues, and bringing people’s stories to life. Manroop has published pieces for CanCulture, Her Campus, The Eyeopener, and Black Fashion Canada Database.
Grace Bashall
Grace Bashall (she/her) is a Toronto-based multimedia journalist with a passion for sharing human interest stories. Combining creative storytelling with research-driven reporting, she enjoys writing about pop culture and social justice issues. Her work has been published in Her Campus and T-dot. In her free time, you can find her attending screenings at her favourite repertory theatres or exploring the city with an overpriced latte in hand.
Hajir Butt
Hajir Butt (she/her) is a journalist and writer based in Kitchener, Ontario. She has written for publications such as The Otter, TMU’s newspaper The Eyeopener, CanCulture, and Riadh Magazine. She’s also worked as film section editor at CanCulture as someone who is passionate about film and videography. Her writing is both creative and journalistic with a focus on advocating for social justice and amplifying voices.
Kailen Duern
Kailen Duern (she/her) is a fourth-year journalism student based in Toronto. She contributed to the Review of Journalism during the fall 2025 term.
Aliya Karimjee
Aliya Karimjee (she/her) is a fourth-year journalism student based in Toronto, originally from Ottawa. She is interested in fashion, culture, and health stories. She’s currently a writer/reporter intern at Now Toronto and has words in Black Fashion Canada Database, Her Campus, CanCulture, The Eyeopener, T-dot, and the Society of the Creative School.
Lauren Watson
Lauren Watson (she/her) is a Toronto-based journalist with words in Fashion Magazine and CanCulture. She is an aspiring fashion columnist who’s interested in exploring the intersections of fashion storytelling and social issues. When she’s not writing you can find her roaming the streets of Kensington Market, on the hunt for new second-hand clothes with a flat white in hand.
Instructors
Sonya Fatah
Head Instructor
Sonya Fatah is an associate professor at Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Journalism where she has taught since 2017. Sonya’s teaching, research and practice are invested in areas of community-based live journalism, representation in the newsroom, press freedoms and media narratives on international reporting. She is the director of the stitched! live journalism studio and a co-lead on the Canada Press Freedom Project.
Christin El-Kholy
Teaching Assistant
Christin El-Kholy is a journalist and writer from Scarborough by way of Cairo whose work attempts to reclaim space for those who have been oppressed through policy choices and discourses of racial inferiority. She is also an online editor at New Lines Magazine.
Lidia Rajcan
Teaching Assistant
Lidia Rajcan is a journalist, researcher, and fact-checker specializing in longform, multimedia storytelling. Her work has appeared in various media outlets including TVO, the Review of Journalism, and The Otter. She focuses on decolonial approaches to storytelling and on challenging traditional journalistic practices.
Photos by Drew Yang