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Rob Csernyik

Rob Csernyik is an award-winning journalist specializing in business and investigative reporting, as well as longform features, with a focus on the gambling industry. His work appears in a variety of newspapers, magazines and digital outlets, and he is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. His investigations into casinos in Nova Scotia have won three gold awards: one at Canada’s Digital Publishing Awards, and two at the Atlantic Journalism Awards. His work has also been nominated for the Beth McLaughlin Environmental Journalism Award and featured at Longform.

Rob Csernyik's Latest Articles

N.L. chief medical examiner has begun tracking gambling as a risk factor in suicides 

The OCME’s policy change came nearly a year after an Independent investigation into gambling-related suicides

Learning lessons from Susan Piercey’s death

After two decades of false starts, Newfoundland and Labrador might be closer than ever to tracking gambling-related suicides. It’s a necessary first step to prevent these deaths, but will the province take it? (Part 2 in a 2-part series.)

Preventing deaths like Susan Piercey’s

The first step in addressing gambling-related suicide in Newfoundland and Labrador is admitting it’s a problem, starting with tracking the data that might show the extent of it. (Part 1 in a 2-part series.)

No Safe Bet: Why Newfoundland & Labrador is Canada’s Casino Holdout