Media Girlfriends

A live show with Media Girlfriends! Partnering with CBC Podcasts, we celebrated the launch of More with Anna Maria Tremonti. Arts journalist and Jazzcast.ca founder Garvia Bailey spoke with Anna Maria Tremonti, former host of CBC Radio’s The Current, in front of a live audience at Paradise Theatre in Toronto. FOLLOW #MEDIAGIRLFRIENDS ON TWITTER @mediagfs @garveyschild @amtremonti SEND EMAIL mediagirlfriends@gmail.com

Tori Allen is a freelance producer and journalist living in Thailand. We became friends during her eight years at CBC Radio working on Metro Morning, q and DNTO. Last year Tori and I sat in the bunkie of a cottage at our annual Lady Camp trip and talked about how living abroad as a 'trailing spouse' means she constantly reinvents herself for work, something she realizes she has always done.   WHAT I SHOULD HAVE SAID  A double header of regrets from podcasters and journalists Vicky Mochama and Katie Jensen, creators of the new Vocal Fry Studios, an affordable and inclusive Toronto podcast studio and community workspace. @vmochama @katiejensen   @vocalfrystudios   MENTIONED ON THE SHOW Pacific Content, the company Tori worked with, which creates original podcasts with brands. @pacificcontent   FOLLOW ALL THE #MEDIAGIRLFRIENDS ON TWITTER @mediagfs   SEND EMAIL nanaabaduncan@gmail.com

Erica Mandy is a new media girlfriend, from the United States. Originally from Missouri, Erica spent the last 10 years as a TV news reporter, working her way up to daily reporting with CBS Los Angeles. Less than a year ago, Erica quit her job to start The Newsworthy with Erica Mandy, a daily 10 minute news podcast. It has since been featured on various lists, including '12 essential current event podcasts' on Salon and the Itunes New and Notable front page. She explains how she got herself together before jumping ship. @theNWpodcast   WHAT I SHOULD HAVE SAID  Lindsey Kratowill, producer of Bad With Money and When Meghan Met Harry (a royal wedding podcast) at Panoply, talks about the time it took a few attempts to finally quit her job. @lindseykrat   MENTIONED ON THE SHOW Rachel Giese's book Boys: What It Means To Become A Man @rachelagiese Garvia Bailey, arts journalist and host/interviewer extraordinaire @garveyschild New theme song from music producer Kilamanzego! @kilamanzego   FOLLOW ALL THE #MEDIAGIRLFRIENDS ON TWITTER @mediagfs   SEND EMAIL nanaabaduncan@gmail.com

My longtime work friend Michelle Parise, senior producer at CBC, had a successful first season of her podcast Alone: A Love Story in which she spills her guts about what happened after her husband cheated and her life exploded. It's not all sad. Michelle talks about why she made the podcast, her ex-husband's reaction, and the resurgence of artistic expression in her life. @alonecbc WHAT I SHOULD HAVE SAID  TV & radio journalist Zulekha Nathoo talks about an intense car conversation in her early days as a VJ, and what she still has to deal with. @zulekhanathoo FOLLOW ALL THE #MEDIAGIRLFRIENDS ON TWITTER @mediagfs

I have known Zulekha Nathoo since journalism school. A TV and radio journalist who has interviewed dozens of A-listers including Ryan Gosling, Denzel Washington and Priyanka Chopra and covered major events like the Grammys, Oscars and the women’s march, she's also one of the most equally humble and quietly ambitious people I've ever known. In this episode, Zulekha talks about the roots of her humility, living in L.A. with a journalist husband and a 3 year old, and is deeply honest about her struggle living as a Muslim in the United States. More about her work here.  @zulekhanathoo   WHAT I SHOULD HAVE SAID  Michelle Parise, radio producer and creator of the CBC podcast Alone: A Love Story, never has nothing to say. Except for that one time when she didn't speak up for a friend at work who was being sexually harassed. @alonecbc   MENTIONED ON THE SHOW Werk It: A Women's Podcast Festival 2017 Those Cole Haan shoes @mirandahill  Michelle Parise's podcast Alone: A Love Story Connie Walker's podcast Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo   FOLLOW ALL THE #MEDIAGIRLFRIENDS ON TWITTER @mediagfs

NICOLE AMARTEIFIO A Ghanaian-American, Nicole Amarteifio had a successful career in international development working on African government policies. She shifted gears and created a web series featuring young African returnees. It hit a million views within the first several weeks of its release. Hollywood wants her now, and she has a movie coming out. www.anafricancity.tv www.twitter.com/anafricancity Photo by Mantse Aryeequaye of accradotaltradio.com.   WHAT I SHOULD HAVE SAID  Nneka Elliott is last season’s TV news reporter who quit CP24 (Toronto) and started her own lifestyle show for the Caribbean diaspora. She talks about one thing she regrets from her old life in TV. twitter.com/nnekaelliott   FOLLOW ALL THE #MEDIAGIRLFRIENDS www.twitter.com/mediagfs.

Rachel Giese is a writer and editor-at-large Chatelaine magazine who guest hosts on CBC Radio shows like Day 6 and q. She also has an upcoming book on boyhood and masculinity. We talk about her book, who gets hired in Canadian media and how some of the industry's decision-makers think. Reference for this episode: Robert Jago on his work at The Walrus: https://twitter.com/rjjago/status/868201063912013827 On cultural appropriation: https://thewalrus.ca/on-cultural-appropriation-canadians-are-hypocrites/ Thread where Robert Jago explains that Jon Kay (of The Walrus) asked him to write the piece before Jon Kay quit https://twitter.com/rjjago/status/865339033068687360

It’s former Canada editor at The FADER Anupa Mistry again. Now she's in New York working as creative producer of original content at Vevo. I called to see how she’s doing.