Kelly Toughill

Kelly Toughill is an award-winning writer and editor who has worked at several newspapers in Canada and the United States. Her background includes 20 years at The Toronto Star, where she helped set up an investigative team, was a senior political reporter at Queen’s Park, was a member of the editorial board and founded The Star’s Atlantic Canada bureau. She was deputy executive editor of The Star when she resigned to join the King’s faculty in 2006. She has been nominated for a national newspaper award twice, and won once. She has a BA. in journalism from San Francisco State University, and an MBA from Queen’s University.

Courses Taught

• J4002.03 Honours Project
• J3004.03/J5151.03 Journalism Research
• J4960.09/J5960.09 Advanced Magazine Workshops