At a time when a range of voices and perspectives are available across multiple platforms, and a choice word or angle can be a landmine—setting off a barrage of online hate—what does it take to be a columnist and how has the role evolved in a fraught social media environment where attacks inordinately target women and racialized journalists?

Featured speakers are columnists Daphne Bramham, Vancouver Sun, Shree Paradkar, Toronto Star and Elizabeth Renzetti, The Globe and Mail, in conversation with Anna Maria Tremonti, host of the CBC podcast More.