Chantal Da Silva

Da Silva grew up in a half Portuguese, half Pakistani household in Toronto, Canada. Both of her parents were immigrants.{{Cite news |last=Khan Da Silva |first=Chantal |date=2021-09-10 |title=Opinion: How I lost my name after 9/11 – and why I'm taking it back |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-how-i-lost-my-name-after-911-and-why-im-taking-it-back/ |access-date=2023-04-16}} She is the sister to Danielle Khan Da Silva,{{Cite web |last=Da Silva |first=Danielle |date=May 21, 2020 |title=Finding the Truth with Chantal Da Silva |url=https://www.facebook.com/TheDanielleDaSilva/posts/10157438904781713/ |language=en |via=Facebook}} founder of Photographers Without Borders.{{Cite web |title=Our Team |url=https://www.photographerswithoutborders.org/our-team |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=Photographers Without Borders |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Khan Da Silva |first=Danielle |title=Storytelling for Change: Finding The Truth with Chantal Da Silva |url=https://www.facebook.com/events/photographers-without-borders/storytelling-for-change-finding-the-truth-with-chantal-da-silva/289330472088042/ |access-date=2023-04-16 |publisher=Photographers Without Borders |language=en |via=Facebook}} She is currently based out of London.{{Cite web |title=Seeking the Truth in Stories, From Journalist Chantal Da Silva |url=https://www.photographerswithoutborders.org/online-magazine/chantal-da-silva |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=Photographers Without Borders |date=6 November 2020 |language=en-US}}

Da Silva has a B.A. in anthropology from McMaster University and an M.A. in journalism from Western University.{{Cite web |title=MAJ students' work published on theglobeandmail.com |url=http://www.fims.uwo.ca/news/2014/maj_students_work_published_on_theglobeandmailcom.html |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Faculty of Information & Media Studies |publisher=Western University |language=en}}

Da Silva is best known for her news coverage of immigration and human rights.{{Cite web |title=JOURNALIST CHANTAL DA SILVA ON UNCOVERING THE TRUTH IN STORYTELLING |url=https://www.photographerswithoutborders.org/storytelling-for-change-interviews/chantal-da-silva |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=Photographers Without Borders |date=9 November 2020 |language=en-US}} She has been a staff journalist for multiple publications, including The Independent and CBC News. She has also written independently in many other publications, including The Guardian,{{Cite web |title=Chantal Da Silva |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/chantal-da-silva |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} Forbes,{{Cite web |title=Chantal Da Silva |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/chantaldasilva/ |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=Forbes |language=en}} and CNN.{{Cite web |last=Da Silva |first=Chantal |title='Beginner's Guide to America' and 5 other works that illuminate the US immigrant experience |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/beginners-guide-america-roya-hakakian-immigration-culture-queue/index.html |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=CNN |date=21 April 2021 |language=en}} Her work has also appeared in the Dhaka Tribune due to their partnership with Newsweek.{{Cite web |title=All Articles by Chantal Da Silva |url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/author/Chantal%20Da%20Silva |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=Dhaka Tribune}}{{Cite web |last=Da Silva |first=Chantal |date=2019-09-24 |title=I tried to give up plastic for a month – and it was harder than I thought |url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/climate-change/2019/09/24/i-tried-to-give-up-plastic-for-a-month-and-it-was-harder-than-i-thought |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=Dhaka Tribune}} She once described the struggles of being a freelance journalist, summarizing that it is often hard to get your news stories about migration accepted and placed if you are not a staff journalist and migration is not a hot topic.{{Cite web |last=Collinson |first=Wendy |date=2021-07-19 |title=EJN Event Report & Video: Migration is back – are the media up to reporting the story? |url=https://ethicaljournalismnetwork.org/report-video-migration-is-back-are-the-media-up-to-reporting-the-story |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Ethical Journalism Network |language=en}}

Within Newsweek, she was appointed Senior Reporter in 2019,{{Cite web |last=Barnett |first=Dale |title=In the News: WWD Korea, NYLON and THE OUTNET |url=https://www.fashionmonitor.com/blog/47/in-the-news-wwd-korea-nylon-and-the-outnet |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Fashion and Beauty Monitor}}{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Amy |date=4 Oct 2019 |title=Newsweek International names Chantal Da Silva as senior reporter |url=https://www.responsesource.com/bulletin/news/newsweek-international-names-chantal-da-silva-as-senior-reporter/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=ResponseSource |language=en}} and later served as chief correspondent from 2020.{{Cite web |last=Strutt |first=Andrew |date=20 Jan 2022 |title=Chantal Da Silva promoted at Newsweek International |url=https://www.responsesource.com/bulletin/news/chantal-da-silva-promoted-at-newsweek-international/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=ResponseSource |language=en}} She joined NBC News as an editor in 2021.{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Mariam |date=2021-12-17 |title=Silva joins NBC News as breaking news editor |url=https://talkingbiznews.com/we-talk-biz-news/silva-joins-nbc-news-as-breaking-news-editor/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Talking Biz News |language=en-US}}

In 2019, she travelled to Honduras with UNICEF to investigate the fleeing due to violence.{{Cite web |last=Arias |first=Gabriela |date=Sep 9, 2019 |title=UNICEF Is Helping Build a Better Future in Honduras |url=https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/unicef-helping-build-better-future-honduras |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=UNICEF USA |language=en-GB}}

Her work has also been cited in print publications, such as the book The Political Voices of Generation Z.{{Cite book |last1=Rice |first1=Laurie |title=The Political Voices of Generation Z |last2=Moffett |first2=Kenneth |publisher=Routledge |year=2021 |isbn=9781003168898 |doi=10.4324/9781003168898|s2cid=239669256 }}

Some of her most impactful news stories have been reshared by other publications, notably a story of hers about Joe Rogan's remarks on COVID-19, which was linked from The Washington Post and the News Literacy Project.{{Cite news |last=Strauss |first=Valerie |date=Feb 6, 2022 |title=Perspective {{!}} Joe Rogan, vaccine deniers and other news literacy lessons |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/02/06/joe-rogan-news-literacy-lesson/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web |title=The Sift: 'Sesame Street' pandemic coverage {{!}} Bogus Morgan Freeman quote {{!}} 'Freedom Convoy' fakes |url=https://newslit.org/educators/sift/the-sift-sesame-street-pandemic-coverage-bogus-morgan-freeman-quote-freedom-convoy-fakes/ |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=News Literacy Project |language=en}} Her stories have also been linked from websites such as In the Public Interest{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Donald |date=2019-09-30 |title=Credit ratings agency: Charter school growth has "volatile" impact on public school district… |url=https://medium.com/in-the-public-interest/credit-ratings-agency-charter-school-growth-has-volatile-impact-on-public-school-district-e0c08de4dfc1 |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=In the Public Interest |language=en}} and POLITICO.{{Cite web |last1=Durkin |first1=Erin |last2=Gronewold |first2=Anna |last3=Rosenberg |first3=Georgia |title=A year without Cuomo |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook/2022/08/10/a-year-without-cuomo-00050779 |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Politico |date=10 August 2022 |language=en}}

She was one of the journalists who covered the detainment of Evan Gershkovich, as she published a popular story on in for NBC.{{Cite web |last=Da Silva |first=Chantal |title=U.S. journalist detained in Russia on espionage charges |url=https://www.memeorandum.com/230330/p26#a230330p26 |access-date=2023-05-06 |website= |via=memeorandum |agency=NBC News}} Another story of hers that received buzz in other outlets was on 'Mini AOC', an 8-year-old who was pictured impersonating Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.{{Cite web |last=Scheidegger |first=Kent |date=July 9, 2019 |title=Threatening Little Girls |url=http://www.crimeandconsequences.com/crimblog/2019/07/threatening-little-girls.html |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=Crime and Consequences Blog}}

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