Antonia Zerbisias (born Montreal) is a Canadian journalist and media critic. Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (in unity, prosperity) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Québec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3]  - City 365. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Media studies is an area of scholarly inquiry approached from both humanities and social science perspectives that considers the nature and effects of mass media upon individuals and society, as well as analysing actual media content and representations. ...

She has been a reporter and TV host for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as well as the Montreal correspondent for Variety trade paper. She was nominated for ACTRA awards for her documentary writing in 1980 and 1981. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. ... Variety is a daily newspaper for the entertainment industry. ...

In the 1980s she returned to school to earn her MBA (Marketing Research, Honours, 1985), while still working as a journalist for CBC-TV and Variety. In 1986, she became a reporter/producer for the CBC-TV business show Venture [1]. Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ...

Zerbisias joined the Toronto Star in 1989, where she is still employed as a columnist. She began as a broadcasting critic and reporter and, in 1991, joined the Montreal bureau. In 1993, she returned to Toronto and became media reporter. She won the 1996 National Newspaper Award for critical writing for her columns about magazines. In 1997, she became TV critic and then, in 2003, was appointed media columnist. In 2002-2003, she co-hosted the CBC Newsworld program Inside Media [2] with Matthew Fraser. The Toronto Star is Canadas highest-circulation newspaper, though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within Ontario. ... A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a column. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and the Internet. ... Matthew Fraser is known for his role in the U.S. Supreme Court case of On April 26, 1983, Fraser delivered a sexually-explicit speech to his fellow students at Bethel High School, prompting disciplinary action from the administration. ...

Both her current Star column and her blog are devoted to media and journalism. Zerbisias's blog effectively went on hiatus in August 2006 and ceased publishing the following December. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

External links

• Azerbic - Zerbisias' blog page at the Toronto Star
• "In Your Face", The Ryerson Review of Journalism (Spring 2006)