Ginella Massa

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Ginella Massa
Massa in 2022
Born (1987-01-29) January 29, 1987 (age 37)
Panama
NationalityCanadian
OccupationJournalist
Websitewww.ginellamassa.com

Ginella Massa (born January 29, 1987)[1][2] is a Canadian television journalist. An Afro-Latina Muslim[3] reporter and anchor, she became Canada's first hijab-wearing television reporter in 2015, and the first news anchor in hijab when she anchored the 11 p.m. newscast for CityNews on CITY-DT in Toronto, Ontario, on November 17, 2016.[4]

An honors graduate of York University and Seneca College, she has worked both behind-the-scenes and on-air for local and national Canadian news outlets since 2010, including CTV News, CFRB and Rogers Television, and has been published in The Globe and Mail and the National Post.

Massa married her husband in 2018 in Toronto.[5][6]

In 2019, she had a pancreaticoduodenectomy to remove a mass from her pancreas.[7]

In 2020, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announced that Massa would join the network as host of a prime-time show on CBC News Network and a special correspondent for The National.[8] Her show, Canada Tonight, premiered on January 11, 2021, on CBC News Network.[9] In October 2022, Massa went on maternity leave to care for her newborn daughter,[10] leading Dwight Drummond to become the temporary host of Canada Tonight for the next year.[11][12]

In July 2023, Massa announced her departure from CBC News to accept a part-time teaching position with Toronto Metropolitan University.[10] Travis Dhanraj succeeded Massa as the permanent host of Canada Tonight in January 2023.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Reporter becomes Canada's first hijab-clad news anchor". The Guardian. November 26, 2016. Massa, 29...
  2. ^ Ginella Massa [@Ginella_M] (January 29, 2021). "Jan 29th is my birthday. It's been hard to celebrate lately because it's also the day Canada saw it's [sic] worst mass shooting. I remember coming home from celebrating with friends and turning on the TV to hear a gunman had opened fire in a Quebec mosque. I felt sick" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Nouser, Mariam (February 2018). "Meet the Four Muslim Women That Have Inspired My Soul". Retrieved January 24, 2019. Ginella is an Afro-Latina Muslim, and works as a reporter for CityNews, a local news channel in Toronto. She was born to a Christian family in Panama City, and became Muslim early on as a child when her mother converted to Islam.
  4. ^ "Reporter becomes Canada's first hijab-clad news anchor". Hindustan Times. November 26, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  5. ^ Massa, Ginella (May 12, 2018). "Oh hi, I got married last night and now I'm going on my honeymoon so I'll see you on the news in 2 weeks pic.twitter.com/VLklvrlc60". @ginella_m. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "I Met My Husband The Love is Blind Way. Sort Of". www.msn.com. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  7. ^ "My Story Of Unintentional Weight Loss | Chatelaine". www.chatelaine.com. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  8. ^ Jackson Weaver, "Ginella Massa to join CBC News Network as primetime host". CBC News, October 28, 2020.
  9. ^ Bruce DeMara, "Journalist Ginella Massa steps into national spotlight as host of Canada Tonight". Toronto Star, January 8, 2021.
  10. ^ a b Joshua Chong, "Ginella Massa, trail-blazing journalist and inaugural host of ‘Canada Tonight,’ to leave CBC News". Toronto Star, July 20, 2023.
  11. ^ "Revolving Door". Broadcast Dialogue. October 27, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  12. ^ Ginella Massa [@Ginella_M] (October 19, 2022). "That's a wrap for me on Canada Tonight as I head off on maternity leave! All the best to @dwightdrummond who takes over hosting duties for the next year starting Monday Oct 24th. See you next year! ✌🏾" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ Thiessen, Connie (November 20, 2023). "Travis Dhanraj named new host of CBC's 'Canada Tonight'". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved January 23, 2024.

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