Can we get her photographed reading a newspaper

"The couple thought they’d executed the perfect crime: victimless and profitable. But, as hard as Konashewych had worked to keep his girlfriends apart, his two worlds were about to collide." Katherine Laidlaw Toronto Life #longreads torontolife.com/deep-dives/cro…

The cop and public servant in my most recent story each sentenced to seven years in prison this morning.

Journalism layoffs since last week: Sports Illustrated, Pitchfork, LA Times, National Geographic, TIME, now Business Insider

I can’t get over the feeling that it doesn’t matter how well the journalists do, it’s the suits at many outlets (not ours) who keep failing at the task of selling their good work semafor.com/article/02/04/…

My jaw kept dropping hearing how many people, including notable reporters, got canned by Bell. Layoffs are always brutal. But what kills me most is that there are ever-fewer investigative teams and seasoned journalists holding power to account in Canada. That should worry us all.

The best article ever written about #bridesmaidforhire just dropped today and it's from Katherine Laidlaw at The Hustle thehustle.co/the-surreal-li…

A 35-year-old Brooklyn woman is a bridesmaid-for-hire. For a fee of $2500 (and up), she’ll help organize a bachelorette party, deliver maid of honor speeches, get the dance floor going, and more. Don Van Natta Jr. & ✏️Jacob Feldman's top pick this week by Katherine Laidlaw thehustle.co/the-surreal-li…

I increasingly feel like the only or at least the most important story is how private equity is hollowing out and destroying every aspect of our existence

Amid mass media layoffs, Google tests removing the News tab from search results niemanlab.org/2024/02/why-is…

Perhaps everyone in Paris knows this tale, but it was new to me: Victor Lustig scaled up until he reached the height of his “profession,” selling a historic monument he didn’t own. thehustle.co/originals/the-… (via Katherine Laidlaw)

The quotes in this Katherine Laidlaw story are next level. From a Hermès customer who owns 8 Birkins: “I specifically had girls so I could hand them down,” she says. “I said, ‘God, give me only girls because I have way too many purses. It was a special order.’” media.hubspot.com/how-herm%C3%A8…

RIP Alice Munro, Canada's literary giant theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

The first fugitive caught by the internet thehustle.co/originals/the-…

For the first time ever, we’ve partnered with Canadaland to present a NEW, two-part virtual event. Our Podcast PitchFest will give audio journalists and producers, at all career levels, practical pitch training before selected applicants have an opportunity to actually PITCH

my dear friend Eva Holland has written incredible longform features about the north for years, and is publishing a beautiful collection of her work. preorder here!!! indiegogo.com/projects/no-sl…

We're honored to hand today's edition over to guest editor Katherine Laidlaw. By day, she writes on business for The Hustle newsletter and by night on crime, gender, nature, and more for magazines like WIRED, Toronto Life, & Outside. Enjoy! mailchi.mp/sundaylongread…

"Platters stacked with cash, thieves making off with priceless pigeons in the night, wronged fanciers and devoted detectives. This crime caper has everything I could ask for in a story." -Guest editor Katherine Laidlaw's top pick by Kevin Sieff washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

I’ve been a fan of this newsletter for years, and it was an honour to get to guest edit an edition! I hope you enjoy these pieces as much as I did.