Temur Durrani is a generation reporter for The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business in Toronto.
His policy focuses on tech news and crypto-like issues, the presence of “Big Tech” in Canada, the evolution of Web3, and the country’s thriving author economy.
Temur joined The Globe in early 2022 from BNN Bloomberg, where he reported on national business stories and advertising reporting targeting broadcast and virtual audiences. Prior to that, he was a journalist for the Winnipeg Free Press, Toronto Star, iPolitics (Ottawa) and the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. He has also written for Maclean’s Magazine, Financial Post and Hamilton Spectator.
A globe-trotting newshound originally from British Columbia, Temur has covered protests in Hong Kong, graffiti art in India and Pakistan, crashes in Alaska, crime in the GTA, federal politics in Ottawa, small business in the Maritimes, finance on the Prairies, and even the Raptors’ historic run to the NBA final.
Temur, a jury member of the Dalton Camp Prize, which awards young writers with a $10,000 prize for the best essay on the connection between media and democracy, appears live and on broadcast panels to offer investigations into the Canadian economy.
He speaks six languages fluently or conversationally (guess which ones!) and loves a good meme, especially before that meme becomes a fungible or non-fungible token.