Success on Your Own Terms

Speaker: Ginella Massa, Reporter, CityNews Toronto

What does it take to be successful? Persistence, resourcefulness, and simply having guts. In this episode of Live From The Podium, renowned journalist and the first woman to wear a hijab in broadcast media, Ginella Massa shares her groundbreaking story as a changemaker in the media’s representation of diversity. Ginella explains how to successfully amplify your voice to advocate for what is right.

Minutes	Description
2:30	Representation, seat at the table and having a voice
3:10	The lack of diverse representation in television
3:40	The feelings of wearing a hijab in elementary school and the impacts of having a woman advocating for rights
4:38	Post secondary experience of being the only visible minority
5:15	A moment of question in her beliefs for an opportunity of a career
5:59	Demanding to be heard, as a woman, as a woman of colour, and as a woman in a hijab
6:55	3 keys that led to Ginella’s success Persistence Being resourceful Learning to have some guts
8:54	Being your own cheerleader is a step in your right direction
13:05	Blocking the Hate & Rising Above the Internet Trolls
13:45	The question she gets asked most
14:30	Handling prejudice in an indirect way
17:15	Handling racism and hate
17:55	Combatting the perception of muslim women
18:40	Why Ginella keeps pushing to do what she does
19:30	What Ginella loves about journalism
20:26	What Ginella loves about Women of Influence
21:02	What happens when we exclude the voices of the oppressed