Lisa LaFlamme: Canada’s Trusted News Anchor 🇨🇦

Journalist Lisa LaFlamme has been called “Canada’s Katie Couric.” She was the familiar face coming into viewers’ homes and delivering the news each night, having worked for CTV for 35 years. But last summer, she became the face of female outrage when she was unceremoniously let go from her job anchoring the evening news. Her former employers denied ageism or sexism played a role in her firing, but viewers wondered if her choice to go gray during the pandemic - as so many women did - was the real cause. Katie and Lisa dive into the unequal pressures women face in the workforce, why we lionize men who’ve gone gray, the “isms” they’ve both faced as women in media, and so much more.

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00:00 Katie asks Lisa how she is doing and Lisa talks about a recent trip to Africa
01:12 How did Lisa feel when the whole world was talking about her and her story
02:26 Lisa’s recorded message on twitter saying thank you to her viewers
05:59 Katie asks Lisa if, 8 months after her contract was not going to be honored, if she has learned anything new about why
07:16 Why did what happened to Lisa strike a chord with so many women?
09:20 Does ageism affect men in journalism the same way it affects women? Why is okay for male journalists to let their hair go gray but not female journalists?
14:12 How Lisa transitioned to gray hair
16:22 The reaction to Lisa letting her hair go gray
18:12 What was the reaction from the people at her network to Lisa’s gray hair?
22:02 How can we support women as they age?
26:32 Lisa on looking ahead to the future and new opportunities
28:27 Has sexism changed in journalism? Has there been progress?
32:53 Don Lemon’s sexist remarks about Nikki Haley
38:24 Katie reflects on what happened with Jane Pauley and Deborah Norville at the Today Show
40:11 Lisa asks Katie if she regrets anything about writing her book
43:58 How much has journalism changed since Katie and Lisa entered the field? The biggest change is all the misinformation out there
50:17 The move to more commentary on cable news
54:48 What Lisa thinks about the lawsuit against Fox News
01:03:03 Does Lisa feel liberated now that she’s not affiliated with a network that she can express her own opinion more?
01:04:04 What Lisa is excited about for the future