👤 Elissa Mendes

7 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
7
2026-09-05 – 2026-10-08
Claims per article
14
98 extracted in total
Hedged claims
5%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
1,960
characters
Writes for The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Entertainment
43%
Politics
29%
Environment
14%
Other
14%
Most-tagged topics
TorontoStarAlaskaCP24CanadianNFLNew YorkNew York City

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
2 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.24 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-05 · The Globe and Mail · Politics
Canadian journalists reflect on the triumphs, regrets and lessons learned covering 9/11
35 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-08 · Toronto Star · Politics
Who's the other Chow on Toronto's mayoral ballot?
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-04 · Toronto Star · Entertainment
A rave review of Nuit Blanche 2026
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-04 · Toronto Star · Environment
A thought-provoking installation about climate change
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · centre
2026-10-04 · Toronto Star · Entertainment
'This is my baby': An unofficial addition to Nuit Blanche
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-04 · Toronto Star · Entertainment
Meet Elissa, reporting from Queen West
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-05 · The Globe and Mail
Canadian journalists reflect on the triumphs, regrets and lessons learned covering 9/11
🔮 Shephard, who subsequently authored the book Decade of Fear about national security since 9/11, said she is proud of her coverage but might make some small changes if she could go back. assertive
2026-10-04 · Toronto Star
A thought-provoking installation about climate change
🔮 The warmly glowing and slowly rotating lamp, covered in bird silhouettes, intends to spotlight effects of climate change we might otherwise ignore. mixed
2026-10-08 · Toronto Star
Who's the other Chow on Toronto's mayoral ballot?
🔮 Mayoral candidate Chow cuts an unusual figure in the race for Toronto’s top job: face and neck tattoos, a background as a musician and sparse details about policy proposals. assertive
Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first. Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.
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