Illustration of two friends standing close and smiling.

To My Mentor

Tears poured from Knežević’s eyes when the towers fell, recalls Wency Leung, now a reporter for the Toronto-based outlet The Local. On September 11, 2001, Leung was in her early twenties and working at Reuters, her first professional journalism job.
A sign for the former Toronto Star offices at 1 Yonge Street.

Star-Struck

For generations, the Toronto Star has had a reputation as a progressive paper. But does its newsroom culture live up to its own ideals?