Anita Balakrishnan

Journalist/ reporter/ writer covering mobility at @the_logic | past: @CdnPressBiz @thomsonreuters @cnbctech | She/her | [email protected]

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

Personal news thread 1/n: In May, I'm starting a new role at @the_logic covering autos! I'm really excited to get to work with an outlet that I've admired for a while and allows reporters to report deeply.

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

@LeftHandStu Shameless plug as well for @clabrow who finished her story on April 29! https://t.co/8CYe6UQbYH

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

@cseucharan Wait a minute I have not gotten burnt coffee in a minute and maybe I need to fix that for sourcing reasons

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

@luckassima The @OBAlawyers Ontario Bar Association is in charge of the robes and should be able to tell you!

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

Many cool stories behind the robes at the OBA's robe bank for new calls #robecall

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

@MatinaStevis People told me this too! That the news in Canada would be boring. I find it much more competitive because it's such a small pool of reporters!

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

@firstadopter You should definitely send this guy a galley of your book to post

[Adam Bunch @TODreamsProject]

1. Labour Day was inspired by an illegal strike held in Toronto 152 years ago.

Here's my annual thread about the Toronto Printers' Strike & how it changed Canada…

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

@ES_Wickham Why are the chairs soooo deep though, can an influencer explain? I literally can't reach the table and then I get pasta in my lap

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

@mo0nandsaturn Yes I ended up finding a somewhat close match (baby purple instead of baby pink) made by FILA a couple years ago!

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

Now that car prices are finally down you may catch me training my driving reflexes on Apple Arcade

[David Reevely @davidreevely]

Having recently replaced our 2009 Matrix with a 2023 Escape, I feel this @MsABalakrishnan take on vehicle touchscreens very deeply: https://t.co/kW6D4jR0VB

[April Fong @aprilfong]

Big news. HUGE. ✨ 📈 @the_logic has raised $4M in a round led by FT Ventures, the venture arm of the @FinancialTimes

Congratulations to my incredibly talented and hardworking colleagues!

[Richard Warnica @richardwarnica]

The great @zoewhittall is in the Star today with a corker on straight media’s obsession with counting bi women. https://t.co/39pvxb7tic

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

@thunderxstorm07 @michaelgooood Library apps make it easier to request books for check out, but they have time limits (as do all libraries) so it causes a situation where people get flooded with digital copies. US women tend to be more interested in libraries: https://t.co/Dfrds3HIY4

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

We ask good questions :) (@muradhem @davidreevely )

[Paul Vieira @paulvieira]

The Logic presses Canada Fin Min again: "These companies can choose to put their money anywhere and they're choosing *not* to put their money in Canada. These are Canadian companies."

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

@sobittersosweet @globeandmail It's so bad 😒 it uses ONE new statistic to hang an idea from the early 90s and doesn't examine any others (the worse DV/health outcomes of bi people, the relative size of dating pools) that would address many of the questions raised in the rest of the piece.

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

@aaliyahdasoo @TorontoStar congrats!

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

@shruti_shekar It is SOOOO much more difficult to buy a cellphone plan in Canada compared with the US, I don't think people understand!

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

@lorenzofb Shh I'm gatekeeping Tasters gold espresso instant decaf

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

@genna_buck This dominates my finsta stories, but with Worldle or the spanogram instead of mini (I'm insufferable but not on main)

[Anita Balakrishnan @MsABalakrishnan]

@ungarino Asking how to dial out on a new landline phone is so humiliating. then it happens again when you have to do a long distance call.

[Christina Farr @chrissyfarr]

This lack of authenticity is really having an impact. Audiences no longer want it. CEOs should practice being themselves and saying a bit more of what they really think if they want anyone to care, which is why they even came to the event in the first place.