Jennifer Hollett

Jennifer Hollett is the executive director at The Walrus, Canada’s Conversation. The Walrus is known for its award-winning independent journalism, fact checking, and national ideas-focused events. Jennifer has extensive journalism experience at CBC, CTV, and MuchMusic covering stories across Canada and around the world. She won a Canadian Online Publishing Award for her work hosting CBC’s G20 Street Level blog during the G20 Summit in Toronto, and was recognized by Amnesty International Canada with a 2009 Media Award for her CBC radio reporting from Israel and Palestine. Her career began at Sony Music Canada, where she became the company’s youngest manager, developing new media strategies for the label’s top artists. Jennifer also co-founded a startup and developed the fact checking “Super PAC App,” which debuted #1 in its category in the App Store. She was also the head of news and government at Twitter Canada, before it was X. She is also a member of Media Girlfriends, where she created student scholarships raising $74,000. After Concordia, Jennifer obtained her MPA from Harvard University.