Kendra Mangione
Kendra Mangione is a digital journalist at CTV News who focuses on how research, economic trends and policy decisions translate into concrete changes in travel, housing, work and business life for ordinary people.
Economic impacts on everyday life
A consistent thread in Mangione’s business coverage is tracing how macroeconomic shifts and cross-border dynamics show up in individual budgets and choices. In her reporting on the decline in Canadian travel to the United States, she highlights new research suggesting cross-border trips have fallen more than standard measures indicate, framing the story around what that means for travellers and tourism-dependent businesses. She has also examined the costs of urban living by comparing rents in major Canadian cities with their U.S. counterparts, using side-by-side analysis to show where Canadians face higher housing costs and where they benefit from relatively lower rents.
Trade policy and its ripple effects are another recurring subject. In a piece inviting questions and stories about Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian imports, she connects the technical details of a 25 per cent tariff plan with concerns from people whose livelihoods depend on cross-border commerce. Her business stories tend to anchor abstract concepts—tariffs, currency shifts, comparative costs—in practical consequences, whether for households managing rent and travel expenses or for firms adjusting to new trade rules.
Business, work and wellbeing
Mangione often explores how business decisions and economic structures intersect with everyday wellbeing, both for customers and workers. In her coverage of research from a B.C. business school on online reviews, she reports on why a bad review is not necessarily a bad thing, explaining how critical feedback can surface useful information for companies and help future customers make better decisions. The piece looks beyond headline star ratings to what the content of comments reveals about service, expectations and trust between businesses and the public.
Her work on the mental health impacts of working from home examines how remote work changes patterns of solitude and social interaction, and how those changes translate into distress for certain groups of workers. She reports that people working from home and living alone experience lower happiness, more isolation and higher use of mental health services than their counterparts in traditional offices, describing researchers’ concern about a “rise in extreme solitude.” The article blends labour-market themes with health and psychology, closing the loop by noting recommendations for employers to build in social connection through office days or online interaction. Across these stories, she treats business topics as inseparable from human experience, emphasizing how organizational choices and economic arrangements affect mood, relationships and resilience.
Research‑driven explainers and expert analysis
Research and expert commentary underpin much of Mangione’s work, whether she is writing for CTV News or contributing to BNN Bloomberg. Her explainer on Canada’s position in a global analysis of education and research reports that the country ranks fifth, using the study’s findings to show how national performance in higher education and innovation compares with peer economies. The focus is not on league-table bragging rights alone, but on what that ranking implies for future competitiveness and investment in research. In election coverage, she has written about how an early federal election call could affect voter turnout, structuring the story around an analyst’s assessment of whether heightened stakes can overcome voter fatigue.
These pieces share an approach: starting from new data or an expert’s model, then distilling the implications for policy debates and everyday decisions. Whether the subject is education systems, electoral timing or workplace arrangements, she tends to foreground clear findings and then connect them to the broader economic and social context. That emphasis on original research and specialist insight sets her apart from more reactive spot news on the business beat.
Reporting across formats and local issues
Alongside her national business and explainer work, Mangione has extensive experience with local and regional reporting within the CTV network. She has covered stories such as an online fundraiser launched after a West Kelowna gym was fined for defying public health orders, bringing together regulatory context, the gym’s stance and community support to show how public health rules play out for small businesses on the ground. Her reporting has also included coverage of a helicopter crash investigation, detailing the moments before a mid-air collision and subsequent steps taken by the operator to prevent similar incidents.
In broadcast segments, she has co‑reported on emerging climate‑resilience measures, such as changes to building standards that will make cooling mandatory in new homes, tying policy shifts to residents’ experiences during periods of extreme heat. These local stories demonstrate her ability to move beyond abstract business indicators to tangible events—accidents, enforcement actions, regulatory changes—that matter to specific communities. Across digital and television formats, and across national and local scopes, her reporting is marked by a focus on consequences and a steady use of research, data and expert voices to make complex developments understandable.
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