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The Globe and Mail is Canada’s source for trusted journalism, providing eye-opening investigations and thought-provoking opinions from the country’s most award-winning newsroom. Joining us on our journey will be The Globe’s intrepid team, President & CEO, Andrew Saunders and Editor-in-chief, David Walmsley, who will take on hosting duties. Cookbook author and Globe food contributor, Tara O’Brady will ensure we’re well fed and imbibed along the way. They will be joined by reporters and columnist who will each host forums and tours.
Andrew Saunders
President & CEO
Andrew Saunders is the President and CEO of The Globe and Mail, overseeing all aspects of Canada's national newspaper, its business magazine, digital advertising network, digital platforms and events and conference lines of business. With over 20 years of experience at The Globe, he brings expertise in revenue generation and management, business transformation, change management and digitization, data analytics & consumer insights, technology implementation, branding and performance marketing, pricing optimization and more.
In his previous role as Chief Revenue Officer at The Globe, Andrew was responsible for shaping the monetization strategy and driving the business transition from print to digital across all facets of the business, including subscription revenue, licensing, advertising sales, events and conference business, data engineering & analytics, digital media/UX and consumer marketing.
In his capacity as President and CEO, Andrew Saunders is dedicated to maintaining The Globe and Mail’s journalistic excellence and steering it towards innovation in the ever-evolving media landscape.
David Walmsley
Editor-in-Chief
David Walmsley was appointed the Editor-in-Chief of The Globe and Mail in March 2014. His appointment returned him to The Globe where he previously worked as the Managing Editor and National Editor. Under his editorship, The Globe and Mail has won the Michener Award, National Newspaper Awards, top honours among an international field at the global Online Journalism Awards and a series of Eppy awards recognizing digital excellence.
David previously held senior positions at the CBC in Toronto and Ottawa, Toronto Star and National Post. He began his career at The Belfast Telegraph where he was named Northern Ireland Young Journalist of the Year in 1995. He also worked for The Daily Record in Scotland, and The Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph in London.
Tara O’Brady
Food Writer
Tara O'Brady is the author of the bestselling cookbook Seven Spoons (Ten Speed press and Appetite by Random House, 2015) and the award-winning site of the same name. Tara is known for straightforward home cooking that reflects the way many of us are cooking today—seasonally, with an international perspective, an emphasis on balanced eating, and ethically-sourced ingredients.
Seven Spoons won the Taste Canada Silver Award, and garnered mention in the New York Times, Canadian House and Home, Flare, and Ricardo Magazine, among others. Tara writes for The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper, and has been a past contributor to Kinfolk and Uppercase magazines.
Andrew Coyne
Opinion Columnist
Andrew Coyne is a columnist for The Globe and Mail. Raised in Winnipeg, Mr. Coyne is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics. He has worked previously for The National Post, Maclean’s and Southam News, contributing as well to a wide range of other publications in Canada and abroad, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Review, and The Walrus. He is also a weekly panelist on CBC’s The National.
Susan Krashinsky Robertson
Report on Business Reporter
Susan is a business reporter who covers the retail sector in Canada. She also writes about the arts for the Globe and Mail, including the world of ballet. In her 14 years with the Globe’s Report on Business, she has covered issues such as the business implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, shifts in the Canadian media landscape, the environmental impact of product packaging, and the world of food marketing. Susan was a finalist for a National Newspaper Award for her feature going behind the scenes to chronicle the making of Karen Kain’s Swan Lake. She has been nominated for a Michener Award and a National Newspaper Award as part of a team covering Hockey Canada’s response to rape allegations against players. Before joining The Globe and Mail in 2009, Susan worked as a freelance reporter contributing to CBC Radio, as well as publications including the Ottawa Citizen and the Montreal Gazette. During her studies toward a Masters degree in journalism at Carleton University, she participated in a program working at a radio station in Kigali, Rwanda. She has also lived in Osaka, Japan.
Grant Robertson
Investigative Reporter
Grant Robertson is an investigative reporter based in Toronto. His work has delved into rail disasters, the Boeing 737 Max, the financial markets, marijuana legalization, and the shutdown of Canada’s pandemic early warning system. His sports investigations have uncovered abuse of athletes by their coaches, and exposed secret funds inside Hockey Canada.
He has reported from 12 countries, writing about the mysterious lives of lab monkeys in Canada; the plight of Cuban baseball players in Havana; experiments to turn child prodigies into Formula One drivers in Italy; and he once managed to track down a Canadian fugitive in the Czech Republic who the RCMP could not find. He has covered several Olympics, from Sochi to Rio and PyeongChang.
He holds the record for most National Newspaper Awards in Canada, with nine. He has been recognized an unprecedented eight times by the Michener Awards, the country's top honour for public service journalism. And in 2023 he was named Investigative Reporter of the Year by the Canadian Association of Journalists.
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