# Jojo Chintoh

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{{short description|Canadian television journalist|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| name               = Jojo Chintoh
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| birth_date         = April 10,1944
| birth_place        = Ghana
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| spouse             = Ama deGraft-Johnson
| occupation         = Television journalist
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'''Jojo Chintoh''' (born {{circa}} 1944)<ref>{{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.</ref> is a Ghanaian-Canadian television journalist who worked as a feature and documentary reporter for [Citytv](/source/CITY-TV) in [Toronto](/source/Toronto) until 2009–10.<ref>{{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](/source/Toronto_Star) | date=20 January 2010 | first=Raju | last=Mudhar | accessdate=2010-01-23 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Born in Ghana as a member of the [Fante people](/source/Fante_people), Chintoh moved to Canada in 1969.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="CC2020">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Howes">{{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}}</ref> Prior to moving to Canada, Chintoh worked as a television director and producer.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Chintoh began his journalism career in Canada when he was one of thirteen interns hired by the [Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star) in 1972 out of more than 2,000 applicants.<ref name="Howes" /> He went on to be the editor of several newspapers, including ''[Contrast](/source/Contrast_(newspaper))'', before joining Citytv in 1978.<ref name="CC2020" /> He was hired at a time when [Moses Znaimer](/source/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.<ref>Vlessing, Etan (December 6, 2004). "From City to global phenom", ''[Playback](/source/Playback_(magazine))'', p. 6.</ref> He focused on crime reporting for the station in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rrj.ca/issue/1995/spring/197/ |magazine=[Ryerson Review of Journalism](/source/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 }}</ref>

In 1985, Chintoh received a CanPro award and a [Gemini award](/source/Gemini_award) nomination for his series ''Down and Out in Parkdale''. He received the 1984 [Sovereign Award](/source/Sovereign_Award) from the Canadian Racing Community for his ''Quest for the Plate'' series.<ref name=CityBio>{{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}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Chintoh is married to Ama deGraft-Johnson, a former [anesthetist](/source/anesthetist) who worked in [Hamilton, Ontario](/source/Hamilton%2C_Ontario) for over 30 years.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

=== Political views ===
During the [2014 Toronto mayoral election](/source/2014_Toronto_mayoral_election), Chintoh endorsed former [Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario) leader and [2003 mayoral](/source/2003_Toronto_municipal_election) runner-up [John Tory](/source/John_Tory) for mayor.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In 2014, Chintoh endorsed [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) nominee [Adam Vaughan](/source/Adam_Vaughan) as a [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) for [Trinity-Spadina](/source/Trinity%E2%80%94Spadina_(federal_electoral_district)).<ref>{{Citation |title=Jojo Chintoh Endorsement |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEWjbtZg6qo |access-date=2023-11-14 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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==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 }}

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