She also earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism from Ryerson University after attending Seymour Hersh's lecture about Vietnam War's My Lai Massacre and studying there for two years.

"[1] Mallick later wrote for The Globe and Mail where her left-of-centre political opinion column "As If" was a regular part of the paper's Saturday edition until December 2005.

She published a collection of new essays for Knopf Canada in April 2007, entitled Cake or Death: The Excruciating Choices of Everyday Life.

[4] Shortly after joining The Toronto Star in 2010, Mallick wrote an article describing her "painful sordid history" with Fox News, "with rancour on their side and disgust on mine.

"[5] In 2010, Montréal, Québec-based Quebecor Media Inc., owned by Pierre Karl Péladeau (PKP), who is also president and CEO of Quebecor Inc., and Sun Media Corporation,[6][7][8] was applying to the CRTC, then under the direction of Konrad von Finckenstein, for a "special CRTC-granted status"[5] that would give Sun TV News a "'mandatory" cable deal'".

"[10] An investigation by the CBC ombudsman found that "many of her most savage assertions lack a basis in fact",[11] and that her aspersions on the sexual inadequacy of Republican men "would easily be seen as, at best, puerile" if "applied to any other group".

The Star printed an apology, stating in part, "The column made reference to Ms. Phillips' writings in an entirely misleading and inappropriate manner.

"[17] The paper also removed the column from their website, and settled with Phillips for full legal costs, plus a donation to a charity of her choice in lieu of damages.