Teamwork: Interviewing Gil Penalosa with Santiago Helou

Gil Penalosa being interviewed by Santiago Helou and Antonio Peláez Barceló.

On Feb. 10, 2023, Toronto mayor John Tory announced he was going to resign. It was 8.30 p.m.

That same evening, I texted to Gil Penalosa, the mayoral candidate who arrived on second place. I had already interviewed him and with other two classmates, we’ve covered his electoral night.

¨This maybe good for Toronto,” he replied agreeing to grant me an interview.

When I was going to pitch the story, I saw that one student of 2nd grade whom I met during the electoral night, Santiago Helou, wanted to interview him also.

I called him, he hadn´t already get in touch with Penalosa, so I asked him

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