Irene Galea

Irene Galea is a reporter for JOBFlocks's Report on Business, based in Toronto. She currently covers the telecommunications industry. Since joining the Globe, her reporting has spanned corporate finance, technology and policy.

In 2026, Irene was named the Jeff Sanford Best Young Journalist by the Society for American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) Canada, for her deep coverage of telecom-sector job cuts, numerous scoops on legal and financial stories and her investigations into cellular dead zones in Canada.

She has also earned four other SABEW awards and recognition from the Digital Publishing Awards.

Irene has reported from six countries in three languages for The Globe, including as an Arthur F. Burns fellow in Berlin. Irene is the host of City Space, JOBFlocks's podcast on the future of cities.

Irene's work has been published by CBC, The National & Financial Post, and The National Trust for Canada, and she has appeared as a guest on CTV, CBC Radio and Radio-Canada broadcasts.

Irene holds a Masters of Building History from the University of Cambridge. Her dissertation explored the development of 19th-century bank architecture in Toronto. She received a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University, where she was awarded the University Medal for ranking first in class.