Meet the Team
Managing Director
Jennifer McGuire
Jennifer (she/her) is responsible for the vision, voice and strategy of all content and content-driven product development across platforms at Pink Triangle Press (PTP), which publishesXtra. Prior to PTP, McGuire was a visiting fellow with the Reuters Institute of Journalism at Oxford University. Before that she held many key roles at the CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster, including the leadership of CBC Radio, Local CBC, and from 2009-2020 she was the general manager and editor-in-chief of CBC News, the longest serving in CBC history. McGuire is known for leading the development ofThe Current and other iconic CBC shows. She lives in Toronto. She speaks English and is functional in French.
Editorial Director
Angela Mullins
Angela (she/her) is responsible for all editorial content at Xtra Magazine and across Pink Triangle Press. Before coming to PTP, she worked as a senior editor at the Toronto Star, leading the creation of the Star’s first national news team. Most recently, she created and led a Star newsroom department responsible for impact-driven journalism to serve and reflect underrepresented communities. Formerly, she held leadership roles at a variety of news publications across Canada and the U.S., including deputy editor of the nationalMetro News chain, and has been at the forefront of many award-winning projects in print and digital publications. Angela speaks English and lives in Toronto.
Managing Editor, Xtra
Tara-Michelle Ziniuk
Tara-Michelle Ziniuk (she/her) is the managing editor of Xtra; she was previously senior editor, politics. Prior to working at Xtra, she was editor of This Magazine and Toronto editor at The Dominion/Media Co-op. She has been published in Joyland, Maisonneuve, Today’s Parent, Reader’s Digest, Bitch, Herizons, Quill & Quire and various other outlets. She speaks English and lives in Toronto.
tara-michelle.ziniuk@xtramagazine.com
Guest Editor, Ken Popert Fellowship
Saima Desai
Saima is an editor, writer and indie media diehard. She’s written for The Breach, THIS Magazine, NOW Toronto, and The Tyee. She’s a senior editor at The Grind and The Breach; sits on the editorial collective of Between The Lines Books; and was previously the editor of Briarpatch Magazine, where she won Issue Grand Prix at the 2022 National Magazine Awards for Briarpatch‘s Land Back issue. At Briarpatch, she edited the magazine’s annual Labour Issue and mentored young BIPOC writers and editors.
Senior Editor, Audience Engagement
Mel Woods
Mel (they/them) is a writer, editor and audio producer based in Vancouver. Prior to joiningXtra, they worked as an associate editor forHuffPost Canada, covering viral and trending stories. Their freelance reporting and personal writing has appeared inThe Walrus, Briarpatch, Vice, the Globe and Mail, Slate and the CBC. Their work has been recognized by the Canadian Online Publishing Awards, the Digital Publishing Awards, the Canadian Association of Journalists, the RTDNA Awards and the Online Journalism Awards. They speak English.
Associate Editor, Culture
KC Hoard
KC Hoard (he/him) is the associate editor, culture at Xtra. He has worked as an editor for The Walrus and Maclean’s. He first wrote forXtra in 2020. The article was a defence of the Cats movie. He stands by it.
Contributing editor
Oliver Haug
Oliver (they/them) is a freelance writer based in the Bay Area, California. Their work focuses on LGBTQ2S+ issues and sexual politics, and has appeared inBitch,them,Ms and elsewhere.
Contributing editor
Tobin Ng
Tobin (they/them) is an Ottawa-based journalist, editor and fact checker. Prior to joining Xtra, they handled longform stories as an associate editor at Maisonneuve. Their reporting on LGBTQ2S+ communities has appeared in Maclean’s, Broadview and This. Tobin speaks English.
Social Video Producer
Cody Corrall
Cody (he/they) is an English-speaking social media strategist, writer, and podcast producer based in Chicago. Before Xtra, he developed and executed audience engagement efforts at TechCrunch, BuzzFeed News and WTTW News. Their work as a film and television critic focuses on the intersection of genre and identity and has been published in the Chicago Reader, CINE-FILE, Thrillist, Paste Magazine and more. He is also the co-host and producer of Into the Twilight, a podcast about vampire media.
Editorial Designer
Elham Numan
Elham (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary graphic designer and illustrator. She also contributes design and illustrative work at St.Joseph Communications’ Patron Studio. Before joiningXtra, she was a designer at FLARE. Her design and illustrative work has appeared in FLARE, Today’s Parent, Chatelaine, to name a few. Elham is based in Toronto and speaks English.
Copy Editor
Shannon Whibbs
Shannon is a freelance editor for publishers and publications such as Dundurn Press, Book*hug Press, House of Anansi, Wattpad, Rotman Management, Harlequin, Kirkus Media and the formerNOW Magazine. She teaches editing at Humber Polytechnic.
Copy Editor
Sofia Osborne
Sofia (she/her) is a Vancouver-based writer, editor, and audio producer. Her writing has appeared inThe Tyee,Maisonneuve,Montecristo, and more. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia.
Advertising & Partnership Manager
Lorilynn Barker
Lorilynn (she/her) oversees all advertising sales operations and advertising strategies supporting the revenue generation for Xtra, and Daily Xtra Travel. Lorilynn also works with our community and business partners building relationships and partnerships within our communities, locally, as well as globally. Lorilynn has been with Pink Triangle Press for 10 years, and has worked as an account manager and team lead before her role as advertising manager. She lives in Ottawa and speaks English.
lorilynn.barker@xtramagazine.com
Marketing & Brand Manager
Mitchell Cheeseman
Mitchell (he/him) oversees the marketing strategies and promotional activities that supportXtra. Previously, he was a member ofXtra’s advertising team where he managed the production of branded content campaigns for advertising clients. He is based in Toronto and speaks English.
mitchell.cheeseman@xtramagazine.com
What else are you looking for?
Here is where you can find…
- Our masthead;
- About us: a short essay on Xtra’s history and an explanation of our logo design;
- Our principles: Xtra informs, engages and inspires;
- Inside Xtra: periodically, we publish stories about our staff and the work we do;
- Editorial standards: where we outline newsroom ethics and guidelines. fact checking standards, corrections and requests to unpublish stories, our ownership structure and funding model, our editorial independence, our diversity statement and our audience and community feedback;
- Privacy policy: all the legal fine print about any personal data we collect and what we do with it;
- Terms of use: even more legalese around our user agreement.