Media coverage of Birgitta Jónsdóttir's visit to Toronto

As part of the Samara/Massey journalism seminars, we brought Birgitta Jónsdóttir, an Icelandic MP and early Wikileaks volunteer, to Toronto last week. Her visit week spurred a great deal of media interest, which we've compiled below. For video of her public lecture, visit CPAC's website, or click here for a direct link to the video in .asf format.

• Globalnews.ca’s managing editor, David Skok, conducted an in-depth video interview with Birgitta Jónsdóttir, broken down into five parts.
• The editorial board of the Globe and Mail also sat down with Birgitta; their Q&A session is wide-ranging and informative.  Globe journalist Sonia Verma wrote a personal profile of Birgitta, including her background, beliefs and path to poltics.
• Steve Paikin at The Agenda also interviewed Birgitta, focusing on her involvement with Wikileaks, the collateral murder video, and the subpoena of her Twitter feed.
• Andrew Potter's wrote two blog posts from his interview with Birgitta, touching on her being an anti-politician, the lack of transparency in democracy, and what citizens can do about it. Click here for the first part, and here for the second.
• Olivia Ward at the Toronto Star, Colin Freeze at the Globe and Tamsin McMahon at the National Post each filed pieces on various aspects of discussed Birgitta's involvement with Wikileaks and Julian Assange, and on the U.S.'s interest in her Twitter feed.  Carol Off interviewed her on CBC Radio's 'As It Happens' on the same topics, including her decision to avoid flying through the US to get to Toronto (the interview begins at the 1:35 mark on part one).
• CBC's the fifth estate and Global News' 16:9 will also broadcast shows in February.  Please visit their sites for program information.
• Finally, for a good summary of Birgitta's talk, check out Mathew Ingram's post at GigaOM.