36 Journalists from Montreal

Marianne Letitia Ackerman is a Canadian novelist, playwright, and journalist. Mankind and Other Stories of Women, her fifth work of prose fiction, was published by Guernica Editions in 2016. Her play Triplex Nervosa premiered at Centaur Theatre in April 2015. The Triplex Nervosa Trilogy will be published by Guernica in 2020.

Adrien Arcand was a Canadian journalist who led a series of fascist political movements between 1929 and his death in 1967. During his political career, he proclaimed himself the Canadian Führer.

Honoré Beaugrand was a French Canadian journalist, politician, author and folklorist, born in Berthier County, Quebec.

Trefflé Berthiaume was a Canadian typographer, newspaperman and politician.

David Birnbaum is a Canadian politician, activist, and former journalist. Birnbaum was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election. He represents the electoral district of D'Arcy-McGee as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. He is currently the Opposition Critic for Indigenous Affairs, and was formerly the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Education and Higher Education, and was the Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier of Quebec. He sits on the Committee on Citizen Relations.

Marie Josephine Marguerite Blais is a Canadian politician, journalist, radio host and television host from Quebec. She is currently a Coalition Avenir Québec Member of the National Assembly of Québec and is the current Minister Responsible for Seniors and Informal Caregivers and Member of the Comité ministériel des services aux citoyens since October 2018. She was a Liberal Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the electoral division of Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne in Montreal from 2007 to 2015, and served as the Minister responsible for Seniors, vice-chair of the Comité ministériel du développement social, éducatif et culturel and member of the Conseil du trésor.

Denise Bombardier, is a journalist, essayist, novelist and media personality who worked for the French-language television station Radio-Canada for over 30 years.

Stéphan Bureau is a Canadian journalist, TV interviewer and producer of TV shows and documentary series.

Gil Courtemanche was a Canadian progressive journalist and novelist in third-world and international politics. He wrote for the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir.

Barbara Davidson is a Pulitzer Prize and Emmy award winning photojournalist. She is currently a Guggenheim Fellow, 2019-2020, and is travelling the country in her car, with her two dogs, making 8x10 portraits of gun-shot survivors using an 8x10 film camera.

Gillian "Gill" Deacon is a Canadian author and broadcaster, currently the host of Here and Now on CBLA-FM in Toronto. In 2016, she was also the moderator of the national Canada Reads.

Éric Duhaime is a Canadian conservative pundit, radio host, and politician. He writes for the Journal de Montréal and the National Post and is also a blogger. He participated in various blogs such as Les analystes and also ran a blog on the pages of Journal de Québec. He hosts Le retour d'Éric Duhaime on FM93 in Quebec City. He also worked as part of public affairs programs broadcast on V, Tele-Quebec and 98,5 FM.

Louis-Roch-Hector Fabre, CMG was a French Canadian lawyer, journalist, diplomat, and senator.

John Filion is a Toronto city councillor representing Ward 18. Although he had planned to retire in 2018, after the legislation from Premier Doug Ford which expanded ward boundaries, he decided to run for re-election because he believes it makes it "virtually impossible for a community activist, known within one area, to get elected".

Nicole Germain, C.M. was a Canadian actress in Quebec radio and film in the 1940s and 1950s and later as a journalist. In 1974, she was named a member of the Order of Canada.

Jacques Godbout, OC, CQ is a Canadian novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet. By his own admission a bit of a dabbler (touche-à-tout), Godbout has become one of the most important writers of his generation, with a major influence on post-1960 Quebec intellectual life.

John Smythe Hall was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and editor.

Maryam Henein is a Canadian-born investigative journalist, activist, functional medicine consultant, filmmaker and entrepreneur. She directed the documentary Vanishing of the Bees narrated by Ellen Page.

Dave Hodge is a Canadian sports announcer. Hodge worked for TSN, the CBC and CFRB 1010 radio in Toronto.

Mitch Joel is a journalist and publicist. He is president of Twist Image, a digital marketing agency and president and a founding partner of Distort Entertainment.

Jonathan Hillel Kay is a Canadian journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of The Walrus (2014–2017) and currently a senior editor of Quillette. He was previously comment pages editor, columnist, and blogger for the Toronto-based Canadian daily newspaper National Post, and continues to contribute to the newspaper on a freelance basis. He is also a book author and editor, a public speaker, and a regular contributor to Commentary and the New York Post.

Lisette Lapointe is a Quebec politician, journalist and teacher, who sat in the Quebec National Assembly first as a Parti Québécois MNA and then as an Independent. She is now mayor of Saint-Adolphe D'Howard. She is the widow of Jacques Parizeau, former Premier of Quebec, Canada. She was first elected to the National Assembly of Quebec as a candidate for the Parti Québécois in the provincial riding of Crémazie in the 2007 general election.

Pierre Laporte was a French Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician who was Deputy Premier of the province of Quebec before being kidnapped by members of the group Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) during the October Crisis. Laporte's body was found in the trunk of Paul Rose's car, one of the kidnappers.

Joseph-Edmond-André Laurendeau was a journalist, politician, co-chair of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, and playwright in Quebec, Canada. He is usually referred to as André Laurendeau. He was active in Québécois life, in various spheres and capacities, for three decades. Laurendeau's career also "spanned the most turbulent periods in the history of Canada".

Casey McKinnon is a Canadian actress and producer from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is known for her work on web series Galacticast, A Comicbook Orange and Kitkast.

Alexander Mathias "Alex" Munter is the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), and a former elected official and business owner in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Terence Thomas Kevin O'Leary is a Canadian businessman, author, politician, and television personality. From 2004 to 2014, he appeared on various Canadian television shows, including the business news programmes SqueezePlay and The Lang and O'Leary Exchange, as well as the reality television shows Dragons' Den and Redemption Inc. In 2008, he appeared on Discovery Channel's Project Earth. Since 2009, he has appeared on Shark Tank, the American version of Dragons' Den.

Frédéric Pelletier was a Canadian choir conductor, music educator, composer, music critic, journalist, civil servant, military officer, and physician. He was one of the principal music critics in Montreal during the first half of the 20th century, having worked in that capacity for every major publication in Montreal at one time or another. He was also a professor of music history at several institutions and worked as a choirmaster in several Montreal churches. His compositional output was mainly dedicated to sacred choral works, including several motets and carols, 2 oratorios, a Requiem Mass, and a Stabat Mater. He also wrote some works for solo organ, some songs, and a number of harmonizations of Canadian folk tunes.

Claude Poirier is a negotiator and crime reporter for the Quebec-based Canadian French-language television network TVA. He is best known for negotiating with suspects during hostage situations.

Boyce Richardson, CM was a Canadian journalist, author and filmmaker. While he was a boy his family moved to Invercargill, New Zealand. Boyce died two weeks shy of his 92nd birthday on March 7th, 2020. He leaves behind 4 children.

Leslie Roberts is a Canadian television and radio personality, currently the host of CTV Morning Live in Ottawa. He was previously the host of The Leslie Roberts Show on CJAD in Montreal, until announcing on December 4, 2018 that he would be leaving the station as of December 21.

Philip Dansken Ross was a Canadian journalist, newspaper publisher, sportsman and early ice hockey administrator.

Claude Ryan, was a Canadian journalist and politician. He was the director of the newspaper Le Devoir from 1964 to 1978, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1978 to 1982, National Assembly of Quebec member for Argenteuil from 1979 to 1994 and Minister of Education from 1985 to 1989.

Julia Scott is a noted Canadian-American writer and journalist, known primarily for her work in print and broadcast media. She is a contributor to both The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine, as well as National Public Radio, American Public Media, Salon, Canadian Geographic and Maclean's. "Bon Voyage", her 2012 radio documentary for the BBC World Service, was praised by The Guardian as "a vivid, beautifully told story of a couple facing terminal illness" and broadcast internationally, winning the Excellence in Journalism Award from the NLGJA and becoming a finalist for the Radio Academy Award. Her audio documentary "Under One Roof" aired on CBC's "The Current" on April 16, 2020.

Arthur Turcotte was a Quebec lawyer, journalist and political figure.

Neelam Verma is a Canadian TV host, businesswoman and Miss Universe finalist.