Amanda Coletta

Class of 2016

Amanda Coletta is a journalist at The Economist in London, UK, and a regular contributor to CBC Radio programs, where she comments on issues at the intersection of sports and politics. Her work has appeared in publications such as the New York Times, The Globe and Mail, the National Post, Foreign Policy, Women in the World, OpenCanada.org, and online at CBCNews.ca. She won the European Union Delegation to Canada’s Young Journalist Award in 2015 for a story she reported on North African refugees squatting in Turin’s abandoned Olympic village.

Clippings

  • 2016
  • The Washington Post

A megafire raged for 3 months. No one’s on the hook for its emissions.

  • 2016
  • The Washington Post

Canada’s nursing home crisis: 81 percent of coronavirus deaths are in long-term care facilities

  • 2016
  • The Washington Post

Far from the crumbling caliphate but haunted by ISIS

  • 2016
  • The Washington Post

Viola Desmond, black woman who spurred end of segregation in Nova Scotia, now appears on Canada’s $10 bill

  • 2016
  • The Washington Post

‘The right time to die’: Canada’s law allowing physician-assisted suicide faces criticism over restrictions

  • 2016
  • The Economist

One year before the World Cup, FIFA is shunned by sponsors

  • 2016
  • The Economist

The art of writing an obituary

  • 2016
  • The Economist

Keeping it, Real? European football

  • 2016
  • The Economist

Team spirit? Islamic Solidarity Games

  • 2016
  • The Economist

How The Economist covers the world

  • 2016
  • The Economist

The National Hockey League is replacing an Olympic headache with another

  • 2016
  • The Economist

The business model for the Olympic Games is running out of puff

  • 2016
  • The Economist

Inside The Economist’s editorial meeting

  • 2016
  • The Economist

Spot the politics: Super Bowl ads

  • 2016
  • The Economist

A second investigation finds “immutable and conclusive” evidence of systematic Russian doping

  • 2016
  • CBC

On The Coast

  • 2016
  • The Economist

The plunder games

  • 2016
  • The Economist

A deep dive into the deep archive: Pulling old stories into the light of social media

  • 2016
  • The Economist

Look to the rainbow: Justin Trudeau is shaking up two constitutional bodies

  • 2016
  • CBC

Russia IAAF ban

  • 2016
  • CBC

IOC Meeting / Ottawa Morning

  • 2016
  • CIUT 89.5 FM

TIME ZONES

  • 2016
  • CIUT 89.5 FM

TIME ZONES

  • 2016
  • The Globe and Mail

‘Disgrace insurance’ safeguards brands against celebrity ambassador mishaps

  • 2016
  • CBC

FIFA admits execs took bribes

  • 2016
  • CBC

THE EARLY EDITION

  • 2016
  • CBC

FIFA’s new president: Who will take over from Blatter?

  • 2016
  • The New York Times

Speedskater Is Poised to Upend Rule of Sports’ Highest Court

  • 2016
  • CBC

Kristen Worley, Canadian cyclist, faces IOC challenge in gender verification suit

  • 2016
  • CBC

Louisville Slugger braces for attack of tiny killer beetle

  • 2016
  • National Post

Canada could be susceptible to daily fantasy scandals like those in the U.S. if industry not regulated, experts warn

  • 2016
  • CBC

Swimming competition plagued by doping, top coaches say

  • 2016
  • CBC

Skiing and climate change with Amanda Coletta

  • 2016
  • Foreign Policy 

The Anglo Invasion of Italy