Stephan Petar on Muck Rack

Stephan Petar

Verified
(He/Him)
Toronto
As seen in: Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News Malaysia, The Globe and Mail, Flipboard, Thrillist, Yahoo, Yahoo Style Canada, Daily Hive, Daily Hive Toronto, Yahoo Lifestyle Australia and
Covers:  2SLGBTQI+, Lifestyle, Travel, Entertainment, History, Real Estate, Books, Food & Drink, Retail
Doesn't Cover: Beauty, Finance, Politics, Reality TV (Drag Race is an exception), Fitness
Award-winning travel, history and 🌈 writer + publicist. Words: @INMagazineCA, @porterairlines, @StoreysPub, @thrillist, @TheGrindTO, @XtraMagazine and more.
Back to Stephan Petar’s profile

Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Daily Hive

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes! In an interactive museum :P

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Robin from How I Met Your Mother

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

A 2 paragraphs where the main points are in bullet form.

What's your favorite social network?

Substack and TikTok

Who do you wish followed you?

Pedro Pascal

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

I started one, short lived.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

A piece on 2SLGBTQI+ bookstores in North America and a history of department store cruising

When's the best time to pitch you?

Morning

What's your favorite drink?

A flavourful fruit beer

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

The beach or reading in a park

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

CN Traveller
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview? Create a Muck Rack profile.
 •  Privacy  •  Terms  •  Security and Legal  •   •   •   • 

© 2026 Muck Rack

SOC 2® Certified