Journalism in Ageing Fellowship

2024 Journalism in Ageing Fellow

The NIA and Toronto Star are thrilled to announce Maria Iqbal as the Journalism in Ageing Fellow. Maria will work closely with established Toronto Star journalists to create meaningful journalism on ageing that will be featured in the Toronto Star, under its overarching journalism project entitled the “Third Act” www.thestar.com/aging. 

A multimedia journalist and former National Newspaper Award (NNA) finalist, Maria previously worked for the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail. She was the Hamilton Spectator's first reporter dedicated to covering ageing full-time, where she also won an Ontario Newspaper Award. She earned her master's degree in journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University.