Outside of being the first station to have on-air personalities with physical disabilities, Citytv employs staff with a broad range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds. By breaking with media convention, Znaimer's staff not only better reflects the community, but also brings a more diverse audience to the station. She also thinks that by getting her foot in the door on behalf of people with disabilities, the person behind her can open that door even wider, and others will follow too. Get your education and do the ground work. Keep on bugging the producers.
Persistence reigns in the end.
Re-writing Murphy's Law. 25, Winter 1995. The Canadian Abilities Foundation would like to thank Jennifer Corvese, Publicity co-ordinator at Citytv, for her assistance. This article was edited by the Canadian Abilities Foundation. Link to the Gateway to Diversity Home Page where all these articles came from.