Pacinthe Mattar is a Toronto-based journalist, writer and producer.
She is the 2023 Asper Fellow in Media at Western University and was the 2022 Martin Wise Goodman Canadian Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.
Her feature essay for The Walrus, "Objectivity Is A Privilege Afforded to White Journalists" won Gold at the 2021 National Magazine Awards.
In 2022, Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, called it "the best insider critique of journalism" he'd ever read.
Featured Work
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What media outlets get wrong on Israel and Palestine | The Take Live
As the war on Gaza rages, we’re looking at how the media covers it, in conversation with three people in the US, UK and Canada, all with media experience in those countries. We discuss the struggles they’ve faced when it comes to accurate information and narratives on Palestine and Israel, and what has and has not changed in this latest escalation of violence.
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SHORT CUTS # 929 Stumbling Through the Fog of War
As the conflict in Gaza and Israel continues to escalate, Pacinthe Mattar sits down with Jonathan to consider the ways in which narratives are shaped, journalists are obstructed, and parameters of discussion get enforced.
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Keynote: "How Fact-Checking Helped Me Write About Objectivity, Racism, and Power in Canadian Media"
Truth in Journalism: How Should Journalists Think about Accuracy? was a three-day hybrid conference on the ethics of editorial fact-checking held at Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication in Ottawa, Canada from October 19 to October 21, 2022.
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CBC: Netflix's Queen Cleopatra has spurred new debates about race and identity in historical casting
Syrus Marcus Ware and Pacinthe Mattar discuss the controversies surrounding the series' latest installment