Rita Trichur

StaffSenior Business Writer and ColumnistToronto

Area of Expertise

Canadian business, including financial services and telecom

Rita Trichur is an award-winning senior business writer and columnist in the Report on Business.

Her previous roles at The Globe and Mail include Senior Editor, Financial Services Editor, and Canadian business columnist for the Report on Business Magazine.

Rita returned to Globe in July, 2016 after spending about two years as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal’s Canada bureau. She primarily covered domestic banks and insurance companies from Toronto, but also wrote a variety of other stories about Canada for the U.S. newspaper. 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 a M.A. in Canadian Studies – both from Carleton University in Ottawa.

Honours & Awards

SABEW Silver for Feature, long-form, 2024: "TD Bank’s dirty laundry" with Tim Kiladze, James Bradshaw and Stefanie Marotta

SABEW Gold for Breaking News Coverage, 2024: "TD will pay $3 billion in fines after pleading guilty to money laundering" with Tim Kiladze, Stefanie Marotta, James Bradshaw and Andrew Willis

SABEW nominated for Package of stories, 2023: "“Following the money in the fight against human trafficking”

SABEW Gold for Commentary, 2021

SABEW Silver for Commentary, 2020

SABEW Gold for Commentary, 2019

SABEW Silver for Commentary, 2018: Report on Business magazine

SABEW Gold for Commentary, 2017: Report on Business magazine

SABEW Best in Business Award, Package or ongoing series, 2015: "Alberta's Oil Woes" (Wall Street Journal)

SABEW Best in Business Award, Short-form feature, 2015: "Inside Royal Bank of Canada’s Latin Misadventure" (Wall Street Journal)

Letter of Commendation, Canadian Press, September 2001

Director’s Book Prize in Canadian Studies, Carleton University, 2001

Livewire Award, Group Winner, CP World Desk, 2000

Publisher’s Award Nominee, The Ottawa Sun, 1999