Ginella Massa

Ginella Massa (born January 29, 1987) is a Canadian television journalist.[1] An Afro-Latina Muslim[2] 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.[3]

Ginella Massa
Born (1987-01-29) January 29, 1987
Panama
NationalityCanadian
OrganizationCBC News
Websitewww.ginellamassa.net

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 on May 11, 2018 in Toronto.[4][5] In 2019, she had a pancreaticoduodenectomy to remove a mass from her pancreas.[6]

In 2020, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announced that Massa will join the network as host of a prime time show on CBC News Network and a special correspondent for The National.[7] Her show, Canada Tonight, premieres January 11 on CBC News Network.[8]

References
  1. "Reporter becomes Canada's first hijab-clad news anchor". The Guardian. November 26, 2016.
  2. Nouser, Mariam (February 2018). "Meet the Four Muslim Women That Have Inspired My Soul". Retrieved 24 January 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.
  3. "Reporter becomes Canada's first hijab-clad news anchor". Hindustan Times. November 26, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  4. Massa, Ginella (2018-05-12). "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 2020-03-14.
  5. "I Met My Husband The Love is Blind Way. Sort Of". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  6. "My Story Of Unintentional Weight Loss | Chatelaine". www.chatelaine.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  7. Jackson Weaver, "Ginella Massa to join CBC News Network as primetime host". CBC News, October 28, 2020.
  8. Bruce DeMara, "Journalist Ginella Massa steps into national spotlight as host of Canada Tonight". Toronto Star, January 8, 2021.


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