Jojo Chintoh

{{short description|Canadian television journalist|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| name = Jojo Chintoh

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| birth_date = {{circa}} 1944

| birth_place = Ghana

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| spouse = Ama deGraft-Johnson

| occupation = Television journalist

| nationality = Ghanaian / Canadian

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Jojo Chintoh (born {{circa}} 1944){{cite news | url=http://harmony.ca/ourawards/harmony-award/2005-harmony-award-recipient/ | accessdate=2010-01-23 | title=2005 Harmony Award Recipient | first=Sharon | last=Ho | publisher=Harmony Movement | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411005257/http://harmony.ca/ourawards/harmony-award/2005-harmony-award-recipient/ | archivedate=2010-04-11 }} Indicates age 33 in 1977. is a Ghanaian-Canadian television journalist who worked as a feature and documentary reporter for Citytv in Toronto until 2009–10.{{cite news | url =https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/article/752879--citytv-cuts-on-air-production-staff?bn=1 | title=Citytv cuts on-air, production staff | newspaper=Toronto Star | date=20 January 2010 | first=Raju | last=Mudhar | accessdate=2010-01-23 }}

Biography

Born in Ghana as a member of the Fante people, Chintoh moved to Canada in 1969.{{Cite web |last=Howes |first=Nathan |date=2016-02-10 |title='Learn how to stand up and speak up': Chintoh tells Oakville students |url=https://www.insidehalton.com/news/learn-how-to-stand-up-and-speak-up-chintoh-tells-oakville-students/article_e3a36185-a1ce-53e0-939b-78352b22e6e6.html |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Inside Halton |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Jojo Chintoh and late Judge Carter featured at Shakers gathering |url=https://thecaribbeancamera.com/jojo-chintoh-and-late-judge-carter-featured-at-shakers-gathering/ |access-date=22 September 2023 |work=The Caribbean Camera |date=29 February 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Howes |first1=Nathan |title='Learn how to stand up and speak up': Chintoh tells Oakville students |url=https://www.insidehalton.com/news/learn-how-to-stand-up-and-speak-up-chintoh-tells-oakville-students/article_e3a36185-a1ce-53e0-939b-78352b22e6e6.html |access-date=22 September 2023 |work=Inside Halton |date=10 February 2016 |language=en}} Prior to moving to Canada, Chintoh worked as a television director and producer.{{Cite web |last=Chin |first=Andrew |date=2010-11-01 |title=Media legend Jojo Chintoh on changing the complexion of Canada's airwaves {{!}} Sway Magazine |url=http://swaymag.ca/2010/11/media-legend-jojo-chintoh-on-changing-the-complexion-of-canadas-airwaves/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=swaymag.ca}} Chintoh began his journalism career in Canada when he was one of thirteen interns hired by the Toronto Star in 1972 out of more than 2,000 applicants. He went on to be the editor of several newspapers, including Contrast, before joining Citytv in 1978. He was hired at a time when Moses Znaimer was making efforts to have television personalities reflect the diverse cultures of the city, and Chintoh was the first black reporter on the station.Vlessing, Etan (December 6, 2004). "From City to global phenom", Playback, p. 6. He focused on crime reporting for the station in the early 1990s.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rrj.ca/issue/1995/spring/197/ |magazine=Ryerson Review of Journalism |accessdate=2008-03-24 |date=Spring 1995 |title=Crime-Time News |first=Christina Paula |last=Brandao |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219132030/http://rrj.ca/issue/1995/spring/197/ |archivedate=February 19, 2009 }}

In 1985, Chintoh received a CanPro award and a Gemini award nomination for his series Down and Out in Parkdale. He received the 1984 Sovereign Award from the Canadian Racing Community for his Quest for the Plate series.{{cite web | url = http://www.citynews.ca/shows/personalities_672.aspx | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610022701/http://www.citynews.ca/shows/personalities_672.aspx | archivedate=2008-06-10 | title = CityNews: Jojo Chintoh | accessdate = 2010-01-26 | format = ASPX}}

Personal life

Chintoh is married to Ama deGraft-Johnson, a former anesthetist who worked in Hamilton, Ontario for over 30 years.{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Kelly |date=2016-06-01 |title=From Ghana to Hamilton, pioneering anesthetist leaves her mark |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/headlines/from-ghana-to-hamilton-pioneering-anesthetist-leaves-her-mark-1.3092606 |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=CBC}}

= Political views =

During the 2014 Toronto mayoral election, Chintoh endorsed former Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leader and 2003 mayoral runner-up John Tory for mayor.{{Cite web |last=Depradine |first=Lincoln |date=2014-10-23 |title=Tory Endorsed By Mary Anne Chambers, Rosemarie Sadlier, Bernice Carnegie And Other African-Canadians |url=http://pridenews.ca/2014/10/23/tory-endorsed-by-mary-anne-chambers-rosemarie-sadlier-bernice-carnegie-and-other-african-canadians/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Pride News |language=en-US}} In 2014, Chintoh endorsed Liberal Party nominee Adam Vaughan as a Member of Parliament for Trinity-Spadina.{{Citation |title=Jojo Chintoh Endorsement |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEWjbtZg6qo |access-date=2023-11-14 |language=en}}

References

External links

{{cite web | url=http://www.citytv.com/toronto/personalities_JojoChintoh.aspx | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325021642/http://www.citytv.com/toronto/personalities_JojoChintoh.aspx | archivedate=2008-03-25 | title=Jojo Chintoh | publisher=Citytv | accessdate=2010-01-26 }}

Category:1940s births

Category:Ghanaian emigrants to Canada

Category:Canadian television journalists

Category:Black Canadian broadcasters

Category:Living people

Category:Black Canadian journalists

Category:Citytv people

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)