Katelyn Thomas

Katelyn Thomas is a general assignment reporter and occasional copy editor at the Montreal Gazette, where she has worked since early 2021. She previously interned at the Gazette as well as CJAD 800 and worked as a digital reporter at CTV Montreal. She also served as editor-in-chief of the student newspaper The Concordian.

Katelyn began her professional career the very same week COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, forcing her to dive head first into one beat that lasted several years. Among other things, she reported on daily COVID-19 updates, ever-changing government guidelines and infectious disease specialists’ opinion on them, the coroner’s inquest into deaths at long-term care homes and, later, on how at-risk Quebecers felt abandoned by their government.

Katelyn has a particular interest in social issues and human-interest stories. At Concordia, Katelyn worked on “Tainted H2O,” an award-winning investigation into the presence of lead in Quebec drinking water, and “From shore to sky: a reconciliation story,” an award-winning documentary about a remote Indigenous community making an innovative transition to clean energy.