Masthead
Authors
Meet the writers and editors covering politics, policy, technology, culture, business, and cities for The Niagara Star.
Business reporter
Anjali Mehta
Anjali tracks Niagara's commercial landscape one storefront at a time, and keeps a private spreadsheet of every business that has occupied the same unit on St. Paul Street.
1 story / Local business, development, real estate, and grand openings
World editor
Callum Reid
Callum covers global events and the surprisingly direct routes they take to the Niagara Region. He is based in Fort Erie near the Peace Bridge, which he considers the paper's foreign bureau.
1 story / International affairs, trade, diplomacy, and border crossings
Regional Council reporter
Dana Kowalchuk
Dana has attended every Regional Council meeting since 2014, including several that are technically still in progress. She specializes in the appendices nobody else reaches.
1 story / Regional Council, municipal budgets, committees, and committee reviews
Agriculture and wine correspondent
Grant Vandermeer
Grant grew up on a tender fruit farm in Vineland and still describes every weather event in terms of peaches. He covers the ongoing negotiation between vineyards and townhouse developers.
1 story / Wineries, tender fruit, greenhouses, and rural land use
Roads and infrastructure reporter
Marcus Tremblay
Marcus covers Niagara's road network from the perspective of the people stuck on it. He has filed more stories from a raised canal bridge than any reporter in the region.
2 stories / Construction, road closures, canal bridges, and detour planning
Education and health reporter
Megan Szabo
Megan covers the region's classrooms, campuses, and emergency rooms. She has attended more public consultations than any living resident and has been thanked for her input at all of them.
3 stories / Brock University, Niagara College, school boards, and hospitals
Tourism editor
Sofia Bellucci
Sofia covers Niagara's largest industry from the inside, having spent summers working at three separate haunted houses. She remains the only staff member able to find parking near the Falls in July.
1 story / Clifton Hill, casinos, attractions, and the visitor economy