Rosie DiManno
{{Short description|Canadian journalist}}
Rosie DiManno (born c. 1956) is a Canadian journalist who has worked at the Toronto Star since beginning her career in 1975. In 2012 the Canadian Olympic Committee honored DiManno for covering over 10 Olympic games.{{cite news | author = Staff report | date = August 2, 2012 | url = https://www.thestar.com/sports/london2012/article/1236362--london-2012-rosie-dimanno-honoured-for-covering-more-than-10-olympic-games | title = London 2012: Rosie DiManno honoured for covering more than 10 Olympic Games. | work = Toronto Star | quote = '...I was just 19 when covering my first Games (the Montreal Olympics in 1976) for the Star.' | accessdate = 2013-02-16}}
Life and career
DiManno was born in Toronto to Italian immigrants.DiManno, Rosie (May 7, 2010). [https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/806435--dimanno-i-owe-mama-everything-and-more DiManno: I owe mama everything and more.] Toronto Star She began her career as a sportswriter in 1975.Rapoport, Ron (1994). A Kind of Grace: A Treasury of Sportswriting by Women. RDR Books, {{ISBN|9781571430137}} DiManno has been a columnist with the Toronto Star since 1989. Though she continues to write material for the Star sports section, including game coverage of Toronto Blue Jays baseball and Toronto Maple Leafs hockey, her column is much more wide ranging, generally offering opinion and commentary on current local, national or international news stories. Because of her coverage of both sports and current affairs, it is not unusual for DiManno to generate a few thousand words of material for the Star daily.
DiManno is author of several books, including Glory Jays: Canada's World Series Champions, a 1993 book about The Toronto Blue Jays' World Series-winning season,DiManno, Rosie (1993). Glory Jays: Canada's World Series Champions. Sagamore Pub LLC, {{ISBN|9780915611683}} Rosie and the Leafs, a 2000 book about the Toronto Maple Leafs,DiManno, Rosie (2000). Rosie and the Leafs. Peter Goddard Bks, {{ISBN|9780773732582}} and Coach: The Pat Burns Story, a biography of National Hockey League Pat Burns.DiManno, Rosie (2012). Coach: The Pat Burns Story. Doubleday Canada, {{ISBN|9780385676366}}
Claire Sibonney of the Ryerson Review of Journalism described DiManno as a "provocative and unpredictable bad girl".Sibonney, Claire (June 2000). [http://rrj.ca/the-comeback-of-kirk-lapointe/. The Comeback of Kirk Lapointe] Ryerson Review of Journalism DiManno's writing style has occasionally attracted negative attention internationally.Martin, Adam (January 19, 2012). [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/01/she-lost-a-womb-but-gained-a-penis.html When Writing Goes Awry: ‘She Lost a Womb But Gained a Penis.’] New York
On July 13, 2016, DiManno was arrested and charged with assault by the Ontario Provincial Police's Bancroft detachment stemming from an incident near Finnegan Lake. On January 10, 2017, the assault charge was dropped, according to DiManno's lawyer.{{Cite web |last=The Canadian Press |date=2017-01-10 |title=Assault charge against Toronto Star columnist Rosie DiManno withdrawn: lawyer |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/dimanno-charges-dropped-1.3930109 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112010324/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/dimanno-charges-dropped-1.3930109 |archive-date=2017-01-12 |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=CBC}}
On August 19, 2020, an internal memo was sent to Toronto Star newsroom staff regarding the creation of a new internal ombud role.{{Cite web|last=J-Source|date=2020-08-20|title=Memo: Shree Paradkar named 'first internal ombud' at the Toronto Star|url=https://j-source.ca/article/memo-shree-paradkar-named-first-internal-ombud-at-the-toronto-star/|access-date=2020-08-29|website=JSource|language=en-US}} The position is the first of its kind at the Toronto Star, allowing for all journalists to have a safe space to express concerns of editorial-related discrimination and bias. DiManno responded in a reply-all email that the new role was a "fucking abomination," and has since been condemned for her "hateful, racist" comments in a subsequent letter to management that was signed by more than 60 Toronto Star employees.{{Cite web |last=Krishnan |first=Manisha |date=26 August 2020 |title=Global News Laid Off Some Its Most Vocal Internal Critics on Race |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/in-the-midst-of-a-race-reckoning-global-news-laid-off-some-of-its-most-vocal-internal-critics/ |access-date=2020-08-29 |website=Vice |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.thestar.com/columnist/94617--rosie-dimanno Rosie DiManno] via Toronto Star
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Category:Canadian newspaper reporters and correspondents
Category:Canadian women journalists
Category:Canadian people of Italian descent
Category:Journalists from Toronto
Category:Canadian women columnists
Category:Canadian sportswriters
Category:Canadian women non-fiction writers
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