Simi Bassi
@simibassi
Producer @CBC
“If [she] walks away scot free ... what message does that send to a founder who is ... faking it ‘til they make it, creating a product that might have negative consequences?” @RebeccaJarvis on Elizabeth Holmes’s trial and Silicon Valley. cbc.ca/1.6157767
Another hard but important episode from @FrontBurnerCBC
“I have really no idea right now how to determine who's going to be OK and who's going to become deathly ill.” Dr. Shelly Dev from @Sunnybrook on the record number of COVID-19 patients being admitted into intensive care: cbc.ca/1.5986124
Hello! Can you please come on @FrontBurnerCBC to talk about how the pandemic is really bringing you to the end of your rope? We're looking to put together LOTS of different stories. Pls dm me or email [email protected]! (Also pls retweet!)
"It's part of my own story." Don't miss "The End of Hong Kong?" a special doc-style episode of @FrontBurnerCBC, led by @echaudaily. Her family has been following pro-democracy efforts in Hong Kong for decades. Today, she reports on a historic crackdown. cbc.ca/1.5978680
The last few @CBCTheNational reports I've seen from @salimah_shivji on the #FarmersProtest have been patient, thoughtful, and well done. Sikhs have had a long and difficult relationship with the CBC, often maligned and misunderstood. So, this is a welcome change for sure.
Four months in, farmers in India are standing firm against new agricultural laws they say will destroy their livelihoods. | Reporting by Salimah Shivji.
This is the BTS content I have been waiting for. Thanks for the deep dive @AditiHBhandari graphics.reuters.com/GLOBAL-RACE/BT…
Dr. Nadia Alam of Georgetown, Ont., tells @rosiebarton how one elderly patient didn't want to be on a ventilator and how her children are afraid that she, too, may get sick.
“We always said, 'Never again,' but it did happen again.” Holocaust survivors Carl and Bella Schachter spoke to @paulhuntercbc outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, where they came to pay their respects to the victims of Saturday's shooting.
Yukon’s Kaskawulsh Glacier is thinning faster than expected and the consequences are already clearly visible. @OrmistonOnline went there to see it first hand.
Fifty years ago today, two American sprinters raised their fists at the Olympics — one of the most iconic moments of the 20th century, and one that would encourage a generation of athletes to use their influence to inspire change.
President Trump has sold himself as a self-made billionaire but a Times investigation found that he received more than $400 million from his father’s empire, much of it through dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud. nyti.ms/2ycj05o
How bad is the Venezuelan economy? Bad enough that bags of cash are being made into handbags that will sell for a few bucks on the streets of Colombia. @adriearsenault is there.
Help wanted, apply to the AI: Why your next job interview could be with a machine | cbc.ca/1.4802061 #cdntech @theanandram @mattbraga
Arumugam Gopinath’s homespun videos of his father preparing huge quantities of food with scant equipment have attracted millions of views, and earned their family a small fortune. nyer.cm/U7Q69Rg
We pay tribute to NBC News intern Cassie Semyon who sprinted into the headlines with her mad dash to break the news of Paul Manafort's guilty verdict. #TheMoment
When a local drycleaner and her son were shot in the Danforth shooting, the former owners came back to help keep the doors open.
It’s matchy matchy day at the National again today. This time featuring patterns and super producers @theanandram and @simibassi! @CBCTheNational
Former U.S. president Barack Obama talked about the importance of truth as part of his address marking Nelson Mandela's 100th birthday.
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