Janet Caldwell

Janet Caldwell

Senior Editor, Features

Janet Caldwell is Senior Editor for Features at Fine Times Canada, a former features editor at Maclean's known for her sharp editorial instincts and commitment to longform storytelling.

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Biography

Janet Caldwell oversees all feature content at Fine Times Canada, from longform narratives and profiles to investigative deep dives and weekend reads. She has an eye for stories that capture something true about Canadian life, and she pushes her writers to go beyond the obvious in every piece.

Janet spent nearly a decade at Maclean's, first as a staff writer covering social issues and later as features editor. Before that, she worked at the Ottawa Citizen as a general assignment reporter and at Chatelaine as a contributing editor. Her 2019 Maclean's feature on rural school closures in Saskatchewan was a National Magazine Award finalist.

Janet grew up on a dairy farm outside Stratford, Ontario. She studied English at the University of Toronto and completed a journalism diploma at Centennial College. She is an avid gardener, a regular at the Stratford Festival, and has a small collection of first-edition Alice Munro novels that she refuses to lend to anyone.

Career

  • 2023-Present

    Senior Editor, Features

    Fine Times Canada

  • 2017-2023

    Features Editor

    Maclean's

  • 2013-2017

    Staff Writer

    Maclean's

  • 2009-2013

    Contributing Editor

    Chatelaine

  • 2005-2009

    General Assignment Reporter

    Ottawa Citizen

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts, English, University of Toronto, 2003
  • Diploma in Journalism, Centennial College, 2005

Awards

  • National Magazine Award, Finalist for Best Feature, 2019

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