Press
2025
The Medium — Journalist Pacinthe Mattar delivers public lecture on objective journalism in Canadian Media
2023
Al Jazeera — What media outlets get wrong on Israel and Palestine | The Take Live
Reporters sign letter condemning coverage of Israel’s assault on Gaza | KALW, KALW 91.7 FM Bay Area, November 2023
Why are Western media accused of bias on Israel-Palestine? Inside Story, Al Jazeera November 2023: Why are Western media accused of bias on Israel-Palestine? | Inside Story
2022
Western Faculty of Information & Media Studies — Pacinthe Mattar named the Winter 2023 Asper Fellow
The Walrus — First-of-Its-Kind Conference on Fact Checking in Journalism
Toronto Star — Media analysts say shakeup at CTV News robbed many of a historic moment
Toronto Star — The CBC has problems. Being too woke isn’t one of them
2021
Ryerson School of Journalism — Alum receives Martin Wise Goodman Canadian Nieman Fellowship
Emerge Magazine — Shifting the Narrative
University of Toronto Magazine — Canadian media are becoming more diverse but racialized journalists still face barriers in the workplace that are rarely discussed, says UTM alum Pacinthe Mattar
The Guardian — On These Grounds: a shocking film about police brutality within US schools
2020
University of Toronto Magazine — UTM graduate long-listed for Walrus journalism prize
Toronto Star — Newsroom cultures must change to embrace diversity
Sportsnet — Ujiri press conference incident highlights need for diverse voices
VICE — In The Midst of a Race Reckoning, Global News Laid Off Some of Its Most Vocal Internal Critics
Columbia University — Journalism Needs More Diverse Voices
2016
CBC Radio, Metro Morning with Matt Galloway, On Imposter Syndrome
Toronto Star — Ramadan support group a ‘very Toronto type of community'
Review of Journalism — Token Effort
2015
The Medium — What To Do When You Feel Like A Fraud
Poynter — I was on an all-female panel on a news show for the first time — and it rocked
Journalist for Journalists Vigil
A vigil in Toronto co-organized by journalists Pacinthe Mattar, Ginella Massa, Inori Roy and Fatima Syed to honour the journalists who've been killed in Gaza, Israel and Lebanon.
In partnership with the Toronto Metropolitan University’s Journalism School, the Inspirit Foundation, Amnesty International, the Canada Press Freedom Project, Stitched! Lab, and J-Source.
February 1st, 2024, TMU
Media coverage:
Vigil held at TMU for journalists recently killed in the Middle East – The Eyeopener
Journalists for Journalists - J-Source
Journalists for Journalists - The Review of Journalism
Palestine TV report [Arabic], Journalists for Journalists Vigil, February 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSTK9HfkScw
Quoted
2025
We spoke to 10 Canadian journalists at mainstream media about what it's been like covering Gaza - Ricochet Media, August 2024
Why don't we cry for the murdered journalists in Gaza? - Agência Pública [Translated from original Portuguese: Por que não choramos pelas jornalistas assassinadas em Gaza? - Agência Pública], February 2024
The chill in the air is more than the change of seasons - The Hill Times, October 2023
Why I Left CTV News: the Fight for Press Freedom in Canada – The Rover, October 2024
The Power to Narrate: How Canadian journalists who report Palestinian perspectives are dismissed, monitored, and censored, Review of Journalism, April 2024
2024
Why I Left CTV News: the Fight for Press Freedom in Canada – The Rover, October 2024
We spoke to 10 Canadian journalists at mainstream media about what it's been like covering Gaza - Ricochet Media, August 2024
The Power to Narrate: How Canadian journalists who report Palestinian perspectives are dismissed, monitored, and censored, Review of Journalism, April 2024: https://reviewofjournalism.ca/the-power-to-narrate
Why don't we cry for the murdered journalists in Gaza? - Agência Pública [Translated from original Portuguese: Por que não choramos pelas jornalistas assassinadas em Gaza? - Agência Pública], February 2024
2023
The chill in the air is more than the change of seasons - The Hill Times, October 2023