Press
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
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
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