Bio
Rita Trichur is an award-winning journalist. She is a senior business writer and columnist for The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Magazine. Her previous roles at The Globe and Mail include senior editor, financial services editor and Canadian business columnist for the Report on Business. Rita returned to The Globe and Mail in July 2016 after spending about two-and-a-half years as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal’s Canada bureau. She primarily covered domestic banks and insurance companies from Toronto but also wrote a variety of other stories about Canada for the US newspaper.
Prior to her role at The Wall Street Journal, Rita spent more than three years at The Globe and Mail, initially working as a general assignment reporter for the Report on Business before covering the telecom beat. Rita has also covered financial services and economics for the Toronto Star, and has held various roles at the Canadian Press and the Ottawa Sun. She got her first byline at age 6 when the Toronto Star published her short story about a fish-stealing cat and paid her $10. Rita, who also speaks French, was born in Toronto. She has a bachelor of journalism and political science and an M.A. in Canadian studies, both from Carleton University.