Jen Zoratti
@jenzoratti.bsky.social
Winnipeg Free Press columnist/arts writer.🗞Author of the newsletter NEXT, a weekly look forward at culture.💌 jen.zoratti@freepress.mb.ca
A team of researchers at the University of Manitoba wants adults to take the cloud they leave behind into special consideration when they envision heaven and their afterlife.
U of M researchers studying ‘digital legacy planning’ before death
A team of researchers at the University of Manitoba wants adults to take the cloud they leave behind into special consideration when they envision heaven and their afterlife.
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Really enjoyed writing this one/talking to Indigenous cultural consultant and Osage Nation member Julie O'Keefe and Ojibwe actor Meegwun Fairbrother about the new Little House on the Prairie. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Cultural consultation gives Indigenous stories strength in Netflix’s new Little House on the Prairie
Through her work as an Indigenous consultant for film and TV, Julie O’Keefe, a citizen of the Osage Nation, has brought accuracy and authenticity to works such as Martin Scorsese’s 2023 crime drama Ki...
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Really enjoyed writing this one/talking to Indigenous cultural consultant and Osage Nation member Julie O'Keefe and Ojibwe actor Meegwun Fairbrother about the new Little House on the Prairie. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Cultural consultation gives Indigenous stories strength in Netflix’s new Little House on the Prairie
Through her work as an Indigenous consultant for film and TV, Julie O’Keefe, a citizen of the Osage Nation, has brought accuracy and authenticity to works such as Martin Scorsese’s 2023 crime drama Ki...
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Obviously wrote about Jimothy. I hope you survive your fame, little buddy! www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Opinion: Long may you scamper, sweet little Jimothy
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‘The captain told me to wear a nappy on board’ – why is air travel so humiliating for disabled passengers? by @diane-writer10.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j..., via @theguardian.com @maayanziv.bsky.social #inclusion
‘The captain told me to wear a nappy on board’ – why is air travel so humiliating for disabled passengers?
From being abused by staff and other travellers to being denied access to toilets, flying is an increasingly distressing and frustrating experience for many wheelchair users. Here, they share their st...
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I wrote 12 of ‘em! It’s a massive team effort that I can’t believe we pull off every year 🎭📝
Eva Wasney@evawasney.bsky.social · 2w agoThe @winnipegfreepress.com's intrepid team of reviewers has watched and rated every single production at this year's @winnipegfringe.bsky.social. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Find all 164 reviews here: www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/fringe
Pitch perfect local journalism.
Ellie Silverman@byelliesilverman.bsky.social · 3w agoIn my first story with Kelley French for @notus.com, I spoke to the woman pictured in the Metro photo on July 4. She didn't know she went viral. Her family wants people to know their difficult reality. Please take some time with our story today www.notus.org/metro/viral-...
Toasting a reporter who helped make a difference. Kevin Rollason retired from the Winnipeg Free Press after 38 years, by Paul Samyn www.winnipegfreepress.com/briefings/to... via @winnipegfreepress.com #journalism
I will never get over this particular Grade 12 #mbed convocation story. It was unreal, from the reporting/post-interview curtsy to my editors' reception to the pitch. ICYMI...
Winnipeg Free Press@winnipegfreepress.com · last mo.Manitoba’s public school system is receiving high praise from a Nigerian king who sent his only son to Grade 12 in Transcona.
‘90s Summer is trending, so I wrote about mine 🌞✌🏻https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/2026/07/04/the-dream-of-the-90s-is-alive-in-summertime
As an artist, Joel Nichols has spent a lot of time in London’s National Portrait Gallery, looking for inspiration.
Winnipeg-raised artist having pinch-me moment in U.K.
As an artist, Joel Nichols has spent a lot of time in London’s National Portrait Gallery, looking for inspiration.
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"What can be said with some assurance is that sending a young, impressionable first-time offender to prison is not going to make him a better person, and is not going to leave him undamaged." Gut punch of a story by my colleague Dean Pritchard www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/202...
Unmoved by young offender’s progress, Manitoba judge ordered prison term; Indigenous man later chose death
The day started with an email from my editor.
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A new song released this week by John Samson Fellows comes with a clear call to action: “More buses, more routes, more accessible to everyone.”
A tune for transit
Winnipeg musician brings love for the bus to new song with message to province
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“The copy practically leers, describing her smile as ‘a lipstick bomb of bliss‘ and noting ‘the sparkly nightclub splendour of those curves.‘ Who wrote this, an awooga-ing cartoon wolf?” Marilyn is unforgettable. The way she’s remembered is unforgivable. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Opinion: Marilyn Monroe cursed to be Hot Forever
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Persepolis is one of my all-timers. What a loss. 💔
@waldokanto.bsky.social · 2mo agoMarjane Satrapi 1969-2026
You MUST go see Sarah Anne Johnson’s extraordinary House on Fire, a series exploring her grandmother’s harrowing MK Ultra experience and the aftermath, at Plug In ICA. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Winnipeg artist’s House on Fire chronicles fallout of grandmother’s MK Ultra experience
In the late 1950s, Velma Orlikow sought treatment for postpartum depression at the Allen Memorial Institute at McGill University in Montreal.
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Operating from a quiet, Winnipeg neighbourhood, @cdnchildprotect.bsky.social is a global leader in the fight to end the sexual exploitation of children. I spent months learning about their herculean efforts; it’s a heavy story but not one without hope. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Winnipeg-based organization resolute in its global mission — protecting children from online pedophiles
More than a century ago, a brick two-storey building near the banks of the Assiniboine River opened as an orphanage. Later, it became a residential school for First Nations children sent hundreds of k...
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You should go visit Robert Pasternak’s tiny gallery! 90 original artworks, 1:12 scale!
Winnipeg Free Press@winnipegfreepress.com · 2mo agoImagine coming across two small, shiny pieces of foil — the kind you might peel off a chocolate novelty, crumpled on the ground. One royal purple and silver, one lipstick red and silver.
What are people really craving when they wax nostalgic for cigarettes? A column www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Opinion: It seems cigarettes are having a moment — again
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In the latest picture book from Winnipeg author Anna Lazowski, a child who has lost a loved one heads out to the backyard to build a rocket ship out of cardboard, tape and tinfoil.
Tackling tough emotions
Winnipeg author explores a child’s grief in latest picture book
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I LOVED chatting with this comedy diva who, among others, served as the inspo for Deborah Vance in Hacks.
Winnipeg Free Press@winnipegfreepress.com · 2mo agoRita Rudner never stops working.
You’re conflating different kinds of technology with LLM chatbots. It would be one thing to compare ML advancements to LLMs which are at least in the same field (still different though), but saying that wanting surgical/mechanical advancements means you have to accept LLMs is very disingenuous.
"Not everything needs to be fast or efficient — especially creativity, which, in my experience, is actually a pretty slow and inefficient process. There are no shortcuts. You have to put in the work."
Jen Zoratti@jenzoratti.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe do not have to accept "forced inevitability." To borrow a bit from John Lennon: AI is over if you want it. www.winnipegfreepress.com/briefings/ac...
It's also because fewer teenagers are having babies. I'm not kidding. Teen pregnancy has fallen dramatically since the early 1990s.
Steve Hayes@sxh.eurosky.social · 3mo agoI know this isn't a scientific opinion, but maybe the birthrate is low because more women are educated, the cost of living is outrageous, housing is unaffordable, and the planet is cooking and almost no one is doing anything about it. But hey, smart phones.
We do not have to accept "forced inevitability." To borrow a bit from John Lennon: AI is over if you want it. www.winnipegfreepress.com/briefings/ac...
Actually, you can say no to AI – Winnipeg Free Press
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#forcedinevitability #AI #justsayno Great post from @jenzoratti.bsky.social @winnipegfreepress.com what is inevitable about AI? We have been sold a story that very few are #challenging? Have we lost the ability to #think /construct good arguments? www.winnipegfreepress.com/briefings/ac...
Actually, you can say no to AI – Winnipeg Free Press
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
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