Main areas of coverage: law, innovation, business, food, travel, sports business
Mad skills: Making others' writing way better, getting reticent lawyers to tell great stories, trendspotting, recipe building, social media engagement,
Details:An award-winning journalist for 30 years, Gail J. Cohen is one of Canada’s most experienced and respected legal journalists. Gail is currently the Canadian correspondent for global legal news site Law.com International, an editor with Reuters professional news, and a freelance writer and editor for a variety of publications and news sites. She is the former editor in chief of Canada's largest group of legal news and information publications, including Canadian Lawyer and Law Times and all their related publications and digital products -- when they were a Thomson Reuters business. She was responsible for the editorial direction of the group, daily editing and the launch of new publications and websites.
In July 2016, Gail left her long-time Canadian Lawyer position to pursue other opportunities including expanding her work in the areas of food, sports, and travel writing as well as launching her own women's activewear company, Run Little Monkey. She is currently recipe building and more at chilesychapulines.blogspot.ca.
Gail has covered the legal profession in Canada as a reporter and editor since 1997, which puts her in a prime position to access and engage thought leaders in the regulatory, legal, and business realms.