She is the Financial Services Editor for The Globe and Mail and a Canadian business columnist for the Report on Business Magazine. Prior to WSJ, Rita spent more than three years at the Globe, initially working as a general assignment reporter in 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 in Ottawa. She’s also the mother of two kids ages 11 and 8.