Emerald Bensadoun is a content editor and weekend reporter for The Globe and Mail. Emerald joined The Globe in 2021, after a two-year stint as a national reporter for Global News. Previously, she has worked for CBC's The National, The Canadian Press and The Toronto Star, getting her start in journalism as a freelancer reporting from the Middle East during the Gaza War in 2014. She is the writer and editor of The Globe’s Great Reads newsletter.
Outside of her journalism career, Emerald is pursuing her masters' degree in Creative Writing and Literature at Harvard University.
Years in Journalism
Years at The Globe and Mail
Bachelor of Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University
Bachelor of Arts, Communication, minor in Film Studies, Carleton University
Chateau Orquevaux writer-in-residence in July of 2022
Denis Diderot Artist-in-Residence Grant
English, Hebrew, some French
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