CBC hires Hempel as reporter/editor
Rosanna Hempel has joined CBC as a reporter and editor. She wrote on X/Twitter: “Very glad to continue sharing stories from this province. For story ideas and tips > rosanna.hempel@cbc.ca.” Recently Hempel was at Global News, where she held the posts of producer and video journalist. She interned at and freelanced for Winnipeg Free Press. […]
Gandham swaps CBC for CTV
CTV News Vancouver has hired Yasmin Gandham as a reporter. She will join from CBC, where she has been a video journalist since March 2022. Previously, Gandham was a reporter and anchor at Global News. From January 2020 to February 2020, she interned at CBC. Gandham has a B.A. from the University of British Columbia. […]
More media layoffs: CBC to axe about 600 jobs
The following excerpt was sent out from cloverdalereporter.com: The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Radio-Canada will eliminate about 600 jobs and an additional 200 vacancies will go unfilled as it contends with a $125 million budget shortfall. The public broadcaster said Monday that CBC and Radio-Canada will each cut about 250 jobs, with the balance of […]
CBC journalist Mohyeddin departs
Samira Mohyeddin, a host and producer at CBC, wrote on X/Twitter: “I have made the difficult decision to resign from the CBC & pursue other opportunities & my passion project.” Mohyeddin interned at, and held the posts of associate producer, producer and radio host at CBC. She freelanced for Vice Media, the Toronto Star and […]
CBC promotes Tasker to senior reporter
John Paul Tasker has taken on the role of senior reporter in the CBC’s parliamentary bureau, where he recently was a senior writer. Tasker has been with CBC for more than a decade, holding the posts of editorial assistant for CBC’s Marketplace, associate producer, associate producer in the parliamentary bureau and associate producer assigned to […]
Fraser rejoins CBC Ottawa newsroom
CBC News has welcomed back David Fraser in its Ottawa newsroom. He joins from The Canadian Press, where he reported on Parliament Hill. Previously, from February to September 2022, Fraser worked as a reporter at CBC/Radio-Canada. From October 2013 to December 2014, he was an investigative team researcher and associate producer at CBC/Radio-Canada. He was […]
Global News hires Mignacca as Quebec political correspondent
Franca G. Mignacca has joined Global News as Quebec political correspondent. Recently, she served as national assembly correspondent at CBC. For more than four years at CBC, she worked as an intern, Montreal news and current affairs researcher, radio reporter, multiplatform journalist and radio news anchor. She interned at Reader’s Digest Association. Mignacca graduated from […]
CBC’s Porter joins Carleton University
The following excerpt was sent out from carleton.ca: Kate Porter, a veteran Ottawa City Hall reporter for the CBC, is joining Carleton’s School of Journalism and Communication on a one-year appointment to teach courses on broadcast journalism, civic engagement and the future of journalism in the face of misinformation. Porter has worked at the CBC […]
CBC’s Rogers announces retirement after 43 years
The following excerpt was sent out from cbc.ca: After 15 years hosting The Next Chapter — CBC Radio’s award-winning weekly magazine show on Canadian authors and literature — this current season will be the last for Shelagh Rogers: she’s retiring in the spring of 2023. Rogers has been a broadcasting icon at the CBC with a standout […]
Konguavi named editor of “First Person” columns at CBC
Thandiwe Konguavi, an associate producer at CBC, has been appointed editor of “First Person” columns, which document experiences of Canadian people told by themselves. Previously, Konguavi was a business reporter at both The Globe and Mail and Northern News Service. Konguavi from the University of Toronto Scarborough. You can congratulate Konguavi on Twitter.
