Elianna Lev
Elianna Lev joined the CTV News Toronto digital team in July 2025. She is a multimedia journalist and storyteller based in Toronto. Her extensive and varied writing career has primarily been grounded in journalism, where she's covered many beats. Over the past five years, that's included COVID-19, cost of living, and Canadian wildlife. Experienced in all mediums, Elianna has worked for outlets like The Canadian Press, MSN and Yahoo Canada, where she's been a regular contributor for a decade. She's also worked as a professional writer for the cannabis and psychedelic therapy sectors, and as a documentarian for World Vision, where she helped craft stories on child labour and child poverty in the Philippines. Elianna is a published poet and has written a course curriculum on the literary references made on the Real Housewives reality TV franchise. She speaks English and comprehends French, Spanish and Hebrew.
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