Ginella Massa

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Ginella Massa
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Born (1987-01-29) January 29, 1987 (age 37)
Panama
NationalityCanadian
OccupationJournalist
Website www.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]

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  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. 1 2 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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