Freelance lifestyle and entertainment journalist
Written for FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … Does your job include any unusual tasks? We have an office policy of opening all fan mail on behalf of our clients prior to passing it on to the respective client since we often get some crazy stuff. One time, we got five huge oil paintings sent from somewhere overseas […]
Written for FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … Standing at the top of a hill before a run, what’s going through your mind? It depends. If I’m at the top of the half pipe, I’m going through my run mentally and then I’ll just breathe and tell myself, “Relax. You got this.” But if I’m just going down […]
Written for FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … How did you find doing lifestyle versus reporting hard news? It’s been the biggest blessing because lifestyle is a world of happiness and fun. You don’t realize how draining news is until you get out. I was covering a lot of child abductions and homicides. I think lifestyle and hard […]
Pitched and published as part of FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … What do you wear at work? We have a standard uniform, but we wear a lab coat if there are babies because we want to make sure they’re as healthy as possible, and a lot of cubs could get sick from different bacteria on you. […]
Breaking news coverage—both news content, photos, and social media content— for FLARE from the rally that followed the verdict in the landmark Ghomeshi case. “I find Mr. Ghomeshi not guilty.” The highly anticipated ruling, delivered by Ontario Court of Justice Judge William Horkins on the morning of March 24, cleared Jian Ghomeshi, former CBC radio host, of four […]
Published as part of FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a ballerina. I studied ballet for a long time as a kid. How did you end up forging your own career path? I didn’t think I would end up with […]
Published as part of FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … What is your clientele like? Our clients range in age from 19 to 70. Because you need a prescription, they are either avid [medicinal] cannabis users, or people who have been sick for a while and are trying cannabis for the first time because they are seeking an alternative remedy. What […]
Published as part of FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … Breaking into acting the industry isn’t easy, how was your experience? There were many tough years. I worked a ton of part-time jobs: I waitressed, I nannied and I worked as an usher in a theatre in Montreal. It was a struggle. What made you persevere? I couldn’t […]
Published as part of FLARE‘s 9-5 series. … What was the best part of your day? Days that I got to go off-base or file a story. What was the worst part of your day? The rocket attacks. Everyone thinks that on-base you’ll be safe, but there were frequent rocket attacks into KAF. I remember the […]
Ishani Nath 