Hill Times Publishing
Editorial Staff
Kate Malloy
Editor
Kate Malloy is the veteran editor of The Hill Times. Under her editorial leadership for nearly three decades, The Hill Times has become an award-winning newspaper that blazes trails and breaks exclusive stories in federal politics every week. An Ottawa native and a Carleton University journalism school graduate, Malloy got her first reporting job in 1988 at The Yellowknifer in Yellowknife, N.W.T. She returned to Ottawa a year later and started at The Hill Times in 1989, shortly before the first issue rolled off the presses on Oct. 5, 1989. From a one-person print newsroom, to today’s online and print newsroom of 13, Malloy leads our niche reporting team. She has a good nose for news, but still overuses the word “juicy” in the newsroom. kmalloy@hilltimes.com
Charelle Evelyn
Managing Editor
Forged from a single block of sarcasm, Charelle has been making a go of this journalism game since wrangling a bachelor of journalism from Carleton University in 2008. After a couple of years at Ottawa newspapers, she struck out west in 2011 for parts unknown before returning to the National Capital Region in February 2016 for a position with The Wire Report. Always up for an adventure, Charelle has done a range of unusual things for stories, including jumping into a frozen lake, auditioning for Canadian Idol, going speed-dating at an amusement park, and travelling to Disney World and back in one day. cevelyn@hilltimes.com
Peter Mazereeuw
Executive Editor
Peter writes The Hill Times‘ morning newsletter, Politics This Morning, produces a weekly podcast called The Hot Room, and oversees a burgeoning TV collaboration with PBS. He has covered politics, legislation, the Senate, international trade, foreign affairs and lobbying for The Hill Times and its sister publications since 2012. Peter was born and raised in Newmarket, Ont., and moved to Ottawa to study journalism at Carleton University. He now lives in Barrhaven with his wife and two children. He is a cancer survivor, a basketball nerd, and a habitual creator of to-do lists. pmazereeuw@hilltimes.com
Laura Ryckewaert
Deputy Editor
Laura has been with The Hill Times since 2011. Raised in Toronto, she interned at the paper while completing a bachelor degree in journalism at Carleton University, and was hired on full-time shortly after graduating. When she’s not at work, Laura enjoys immersing herself in fiction and exploring the outdoors. lryckewaert@hilltimes.com
Samantha Wright Allen
Digital Editor
Samantha has been with Hill Times Publishing since 2017, first working at The Lobby Monitor, before moving desks that same year to cover federal politics for The Hill Times. Born in Coquitlam, B.C., she has crisscrossed the country for journalism, working at The Ottawa Citizen, The Telegraph-Journal in Saint John, N.B., and The Prince George Citizen back in B.C. She has a master’s in journalism from Carleton University and volunteers as a member of the Ottawa chapter of the Canadian Association of Journalists. swallen@hilltimes.com
Chelsea Nash
Deputy Editor
Originally from Barrie, Ont., Ottawa seemed like an exciting big city to Chelsea when she first moved here in 2012 to pursue her Bachelor of Journalism at Carleton University. After completing an internship with The Hill Times in 2016, she landed a staff reporter gig straight out of school. It was an unprecedented year to be starting a career in political journalism: Donald Trump was elected and Britain voted to exit the EU. In order to dig deeper into the meaning of media, Chelsea returned to Carleton in 2018 to pursue her Master of Arts in Communications, where her thesis focused on sex worker organizing in the face of social media censorship. This led her to the labour-centric news site rabble.ca, where she started as a labour beat reporter and eventually became the organization’s lead editor. Looking to get back into political reporting, she rejoined The Hill Times newsroom at the beginning of 2022. cnash@hilltimes.com
Abbas Rana
Assistant Deputy Editor
Abbas reports on the Parliamentary caucuses, nomination contests, party leadership campaigns, Prime Minister’s Office, cabinet, and the Senate. Abbas loves to chat with sources on the record or on a not-for-attribution basis, especially when they have verifiable story tips that could be followed as news stories. Brown envelopes are also always of interest to him. Born and raised in Pakistan, Abbas speaks Punjabi, Urdu, and Hindi. When not chasing politicians down on the Hill, he likes to watch cricket and movies. Email Abbas for news story tips or comments at arana@hilltimes.com or follow him on Twitter @abbas_rana1 arana@hilltimes.com
Neil Moss
News Reporter
Neil Moss joined The Hill Times as a news reporter in July 2018. He started as a newsroom intern in the paper, while in the midst of completing his master of journalism degree at Ryerson University. When he was offered the job, Neil jumped at the chance. Neil covers federal politics, foreign policy, and defence. He is a graduate of the University of Ottawa, with a degree in history. He was born in Ottawa and raised in Kingston. When not in the newsroom, Neil enjoys reading a good book or talking about The West Wing. nmoss@hilltimes.com
Mike Lapointe
News Reporter
Mike Lapointe joined the The Hill Times in June 2019 and covers the federal public service, deputy ministers, the Privy Council Office, public service unions, the Phoenix pay system, the machinery of government, and the Parliament Hill media. Born and raised in London, Ont., Mike began his journalistic career as a volunteer news reporter at CHRW-FM Radio Western, before heading to Florida as a freelancer to cover state politics and presidential primaries. Following an internship at The Hill Times in the summer of 2013, he headed east to the Telegraph-Journal in Saint John, N.B. Mike enjoys music, podcasts, and old books—and never misses an opportunity for pond hockey in the frigid depths of Ottawa’s winters. Mike has a master’s in political science from Western University and a master’s in journalism from Carleton University. mlapointe@hilltimes.com
Jesse Cnockaert
News Reporter
Jesse Cnockaert was born in London, Ont., and raised in the town of Strathroy. Journalism was in his blood, as his grandfather Ken Campbell had been the longtime owner and editor of his hometown newspaper, The Strathroy Age Dispatch. He held the position from 1960 for the next 30 years. The paper even earned the Gertrude Dunnnig Award for best all-round weekly newspaper in its circulation class in Canada in 1979. In 2007, he earned his print and broadcast diploma in journalism from Humber College in Toronto. Since graduating, Jesse has continued to pursue journalism at the municipal level, covering news in the communities of West Lorne, St. Thomas, and Exeter, which gave him the opportunity to interview Olympians, celebrities such as Rick Mercer and Rachel McAdams, and take a flight in a World War II aircraft before a local air show. jcnockaert@hilltimes.comOnline News
Michael Lee-Murphy
Editor
Michael Lee-Murphy is an Irish-born, Connecticut-raised, Montreal-schooled reporter. He covers telecommunications for The Wire Report and lives in Hull.
mleemurphy@thewirereport.ca
Paul Park
Reporter
This is Paul Park’s second venture into covering the telecom and broadcasting sectors. He spent five years with our predecessor company Decima Publishing, concentrating on the telecom sector. After studying at Carleton University, Paul began a long career in journalism, writing either as staffer or freelance for most of the major media outlets in North America, including Time Inc., The Winnipeg Sun, the CBC, the New York Journal of Commerce and the Village Voice. This is also his second stint as a member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery as he was a member in the 1970s and 1980s, “back when we had Prime Minister Trudeau.” Paul, his partner Debbie and their cat Mozart live in Nepean.
ppark@thewirereport.ca
Jenna Cocullo
Reporter
Jenna Cocullo is a reporter of The Wire Report. She joined the publication in 2021, almost two years following the start of her career covering community news in Prince Rupert, B.C., and Chatham-Kent, ON. She also worked in Blantyre, Malawi, writing a weekly column for its national newspaper on the intersection of gender and politics, and interned at The Monitor magazine with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. She did her Master’s of Journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa after growing up in Montreal where she studied Communications and Anthropology.
jcocullo@thewirereport.ca
Katie Schultz
Editor
As editor of Parliament Now, Katie spends her days trying to simultaneously watch CPAC and listen to the Senate, all while living out her dream of working in politics. She graduated from Carleton University with a bachelors degree in political science, and since then has worked a variety of jobs including teaching ESL in South Korea, and working in the House of Commons. In her spare time, she can be found sewing, being an amateur photographer, hiking, and eating cheese.
kschultz@parliamentnow.ca
Christina Leadlay
Associate Editor
After finishing her Master’s degree in English, Christina Leadlay thought she’s like to write for a magazine or a newspaper. In the 14 years since then, Christina has done both, and more. Today, she is the associate editor of Power & Influence magazine, and associate editor at Parliament Now. Christina is also the managing editor of the community newspaper New Edinburgh News. She often volunteers at Rockcliffe Park Public School, where her son and daughter eat pizza every Friday. Fiercely proud of her hometown, Christina loves Ottawa celebrity watching (i.e. spotting politicians and journalists off the Hill), historical maps, sketch comedy, and watching the city grow and change (for better or worse). She’s a keen follower of the local restaurant scene, loves craft beer, and is a terrible gardener.
cleadlay@parliamentnow.ca
Tessie Sanci
Editor / Reporter
Tessie comes to The Lobby Monitor and Hill Times Research from Toronto. She began writing professionally more than 10 years ago and has written about a gamut of topics from profiles of musicians and businesses to municipal election results to social media marketing. Previous bylines can be found in Investment Executive, Canadian Insurance Top Broker, Vaughan Citizen and Where Toronto. She moved to Ottawa to fulfill a bucket-list dream of reporting on federal public policy and is thrilled to use her meticulous attention to detail to analyze legislation and the hot topics on the Hill. She is a proud Italian-Canadian who loves Italian films, music, and pastries. Longtime Ottawa residents can send all authentic Italian pastry-shop suggestions (and story ideas, of course)
tsanci@lobbymonitor.ca
Photographers
Sam Garcia
Photographer
Born in Mexico City, Sam Garcia has a bachelor in graphic communication from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and obtained sponsorship from the Central Bank of Mexico to continue his studies in the production of banknote design in Spain, former Yugoslavia, Belgium, and England. Garcia immigrated to Canada in 1988, after which he worked for British American Bank Note, DuraNote Inc., and as a consultant for Document Security Systems Inc. In 2004 he became the photographer for Embassy, a former Hill Times Publishing publication, and continues to work as a freelance photographer for The Hill Times. Since 2004, Garcia has also worked as freelance photographer covering mainly diplomatic functions, presidential visits, ministerial visits, and Canadian parliamentary activities. sgarcia@hilltimes.com
Andrew Meade
Photographer
Born and raised in Fredericton, N.B., Andrew was brought into the world of newspapers while attending the University of New Brunswick. working as a freelancer and staff at dailies around New Brunswick. He first landed in Ottawa as a photo intern with The Hill Times in 2015 after studying photojournalism at Loyalist College and has covered politics around Ottawa and eastern Canada ever since. Andrew’s work has been published in a number of national and local publications including The Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, National Post, Toronto Star, and others. ameade@hilltimes.comProduction
Joey Sabourin
Digital & Production Manager
Joey has designed and laid out newspapers and magazines for the past thirteen years. When he’s not solving complex front-end web design issues, you can find him contemplating what kind of colours to add to his next painting. He also likes to read, jam on his guitar and banjo, fish, and go hiking. joey@hilltimes.com
Serena Masonde
Senior Graphic Designer
After graduating from Carleton University with a degree in criminology, Serena decided to follow her love for design into the field of graphic design. She went to Algonquin College and received her post-graduate certificate in interactive multimedia. After three and a half years of working in graphic design, she has found her way to The Hill Times laying out newspapers and designing for the web. When she’s not at work, you can find her reading sci-fi, fantasy, and mystery novels, painting and drawing, and getting lost in the woods, while trying to hone her skills in photography smasonde@hilltimes.comIan Peralta
Web Developer & Advertising Coordinator
ian@hilltimes.comNeena Singhal
Graphic Designer
nsinghal@hilltimes.comAdvertising
Steve MacDonald
Vice President, Marketing and Multi-Media Sales
Steve has more than 20 years experience with several publications in Ottawa, notably Silicon Valley North and the Ottawa Business Journal. Over the past eight years, Steve has enjoyed working with the myriad associations, companies, and businesses that make up The Hill Times’ advertisers. Originally from Canada’s East Coast, Steve has made Ottawa home since 1987 and enjoys his second job as a weekend chauffeur for his son and daughter to many hockey rinks, baseball fields, and piano recitals across Ontario. smacdonald@hilltimes.com
Craig Caldbick
Director of Business Development
Craig has enjoyed working with the government relations’ community in Ottawa and across Canada during the past 15 years, and continues to provide expert service and communications solutions to a variety of industry, sector, and NGO clients. Craig says that one of the most interesting aspects of his job is interacting with the many professionals and organizations that provide government with information, policy options and advice, as they are a key component of Canadian democracy. On a personal level, Craig continues to advocate to government for high-speed internet access in the Ottawa Valley to better serve his clients. From the cottage ccaldbick@hilltimes.com
Martin Reaume
Director of Business Development
Martin wants to live in a world of creative ideas that solve problems, greetings that come with funny anecdotes, and coffee with a little less caffeine (his neighbours want that, too!). As a business developer with more than 30 years of experience, he has helped clients build businesses, programs, and profiles in a number of environments. Martin has witnessed the impact of good creative and understands what is needed for messaging to leave an impression. He has spent a significant amount of time creating, promoting, writing, and leading teams. When he is not supporting clients with messaging efforts, you can find him paddling to ‘no where’ (that is a place), watching ‘B’ movies, or reading the ever-popular Canada’s History magazine. mreaume@hilltimes.com
Ülle Baum
Director of Business Development
Ülle is a well-known event planner in Ottawa’s diplomatic world. She has been very involved in the Canadian Federation of University Women’s Ottawa Diplomatic Hospitality Group, including four terms as the president. Ülle was previously appointed as the cultural representative for the Estonian embassy in Ottawa. She has chaired the working group for the annual European Union Christmas concert at the Notre Dame Basilica for the past eight years. In addition to her work in advertising at The Hill Times and Power & Influence magazine, she is also a correspondent for Estonian Life newspaper in Toronto where she has reported on Ottawa events related to Baltic, Nordic, and European Union countries. Ülle is a member of the Canadian Association of Journalists, and her articles and photographs have been published locally in The Diplomat and International Canada magazine, the Ottawa Citizen, Embassy, Power & Influence magazine and The Hill Times, and has been reproduced across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Ülle has also received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal in recognition for her service to her community and to Canada. 613-688-8822 613-240-4622 (cell) ubaum@hilltimes.com
Erveina Gosalci
Director of Business Development
Erveina brings more than 16 years of work experience in education, NGOs, public diplomacy, human resources, and commercial law to The Hill Times print and digital advertising department. She worked for the British Council in Albania and as a consultant for the Youth Voice Group of the World Bank. Since 2009 she has been a member of the Youth Communications Network at the World Health Organization. She holds an LLM (Valedictorian) from the University of New York in Tirana, in International and Commercial Law. Her new role draws on her expertise in policy messaging. The Hill Times is delighted that she has joined its premier government relations and advocacy advertising department. egosalci@hilltimes.comMARKETING , SUBSCRIPTIONS & CIRCULATION
Paul Goubko
Marketing Manager
As Marketing Manager for The Hill Times, Paul designs, implements and tracks marketing campaigns digitally and negotiates partnership agreements for upcoming events. Prior to his role at The Hill Times, Paul spent eight years at Concordia University where he was involved in many roles in student services including event planning and organizing, communications and program management. Paul studied at Algonquin College and Concordia University where he obtained degrees in Business and Economics respectively. pgoubko@hilltimes.com
Lakshmi Krishnamurthi
Sales Executive Subscription & Licensing
Results-driven sales and marketing professional with over 15 years of experience in fast-paced work environments. Lakshmi possesses excellent sales, organizational, time management and customer relations skills, always going the extra mile for her clients. She’s consistently seeking new avenues to engage consumers and galvanize brand images around strategy and vision. On her spare time, she enjoys skating, taking long walks and sketching. lkrish@hilltimes.com
Darryl Blackbird
Subscription Sales and Licensing Executive
Darryl is a subscriptions and licensing executive by trade, a lover of knowledge by vocation. His commerce is done through email, pdfs, over the phone, and in person. In the past, Darryl has worked at the politcal office on Walpole Island First Nation. Darryl strives to continue helping past, present, and future clients tend to their craft with renewed vigor. This craft can be advocacy, politicking, or simply a love of Canadian federal politics. Give Darryl a call, or send him an email, he’d be happy to help. dblackbird@hilltimes.comAdministration
Andrew Morrow
General Manager, CFO
Andrew has been with Hill Times Publishing for more than 20 years, after successfully managing a chain of retail stores. He graduated from the University of Guelph with a degree in economics and management. He also became a certified management accountant in 1994. Andrew has lived in Ottawa for most of his life, and is the father of four kids. amorrow@hilltimes.comPublishers
Jim Creskey
Publisher and co-founder of The Hill Times Publishing
Jim’s first published story was a satirical piece for The Caracas Daily Journal, which he wrote in 1968 while working in Latin America for the New York Museum of Modern Art. He has worked as a reporter, editor, and publisher of several weekly and daily newspapers before the launch of The Hill Times in 1989. He is a self-described, “ink-stained wretch.” He and his wife Anne, who is a potter, divide their time between Ottawa and Farrellton, Quebec. They have six children and 13 grandchildren. jcreskey@hilltimes.com
Ross Dickson
Co-founder and owner of Hill Times Publishing
Ross Dickson, the co-founder and co-owner of Hill Times Publishing, has many years of experience in the publication business, starting with Pontiac County’s community weekly newspaper, The Equity, where he eventually became publisher, editor and owner and co-founded the Quebec Community Newspaper Association. He co-founded and co-published the Ottawa X Press, and co-founded and was president of (CNRIE), a libel insurance company for community newspapers. Formerly, as a research scientist at the National Research Council of Canada, Ross studied the environmental effects of thermal discharges from fossil- and nuclear-fuelled power plants, and the health and environmental effects of sulphur oxides, ozone, acid rain, and respirable particulates. He enjoys sailing, four-wall handball, and playing the fiddle. rdickson@hilltimes.com
Anne Marie Creskey
Publisher
Anne Marie Creskey is the publisher of The Hill Times. Over the past decade she has helped Hill Times Publishing innovate, and grow into a multifaceted premium media company. She is passionate about the importance of independent journalism in Canada and the innovative business models that support it.Anne Marie began her career as an editor at Nylon Magazine, she was a contributor to many magazines including Teen Vogue, Russian Harper’s Bazzar and Italian Glamour. Her work on advertising campaigns includes Nike Japan, Revlon, Target, Old Navy and Urban Outfitters. She has launched multiple specialty news services and has been proud to accept dozens of news and publishing awards for The Hill Times.
When not at work she enjoys the chaos of parenthood and the great outdoors. acreskey@hilltimes.com
Leslie Dickson
Publisher
Leslie is a third-generation newswoman and got her start at The Equity in Shawville, Que., at eight weeks old with her parents. She’s done almost every job at a newspaper, from writing and editing, to layout and design, to accounting, marketing, and managing. Leslie enjoys paddling, skiing, knitting, and the quiet of living in the woods with her three wonderful children. ldickson@hilltimes.com