Carole MacNeil

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Carole MacNeil
Born1963/1964 (age 57–58)[1]
OccupationJournalist, news presenter
TelevisionCBC News: Sunday Night (2002—2009)
CBC Rundown with Carole MacNeil (present)
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2009)​

Carole MacNeil is a Canadian television journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Formerly the host of The National on Saturday nights, she currently hosts CBC Rundown with Carole MacNeil, a daytime news program on CBC News Network.[2][3]

Biography[]

MacNeil grew up in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.[1] From 1990 to 1994, she worked at CBC station CBAT-DT in Fredericton, New Brunswick, where she was a co-anchor for the evening news program and the host of a current affairs program.[1][4] In October 1994, she moved to Windsor, Ontario, where she became the anchor of the local evening newscast on CBET-DT, the local CBC station.[1] MacNeil replaced David Kyle as the station's late-night news anchor in February 1996, becoming the anchor of both the evening and late-night newscasts.[5] Leaving the Windsor station in August 1998, she joined CBC Newsworld as a co-anchor of the CBC morning news program with Ralph Benmergui.[4]

In 2000, MacNeil helped launch Canada Now, the supper hour news program on CBC Television.

In February 2002, MacNeil and Evan Solomon became the host of CBC News: Sunday Night, an hour-long prime time news broadcast on CBC Television, as well as on CBC Newsworld.[6] CBC News Sunday won several Gemini Awards. At the 24th Gemini Awards in 2009, one of MacNeil's reports for CBC News: Sunday Night was nominated for "Best Lifestyle/practical information segment".[7] The program was cancelled in May 2009 during a restructuring of CBC News by CBC executive Richard Stursberg, who MacNeil married weeks later in June 2009.[8][9][10]

In 2011, the CBC Ombudsman was called to review MacNeil's on-air statements concerning the Six Day War. Upon review the "CBC acknowledged it was misleading for [MacNeil] to assert that neighbouring countries attacked Israel."[11]

MacNeil joined the CBC in May 1987, and celebrated her 25th anniversary in 2012. From October 2012 to September 2013, MacNeil took a leave of absence and studied abroad in France.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Shaw, Ted (August 13, 1994). "Getting To Know You". The Windsor Star. p. 37. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "CBC Rundown with Carole MacNeil". CBC Program Guide. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "Carole MacNeil". CBC Media Centre. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "CBC's MacNeil moves on". The Windsor Star. August 1, 1998. p. 57. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  5. ^ Shaw, Ted (February 22, 1996). "New look for CBET". The Windsor Star. p. 17. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  6. ^ Atherton, Tony (February 21, 2002). "Debut of CBC News: Sunday looks promising". The Ottawa Citizen. p. 65. Retrieved June 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "24th ANNUAL GEMINI AWARDS / FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS & WINNERS" (PDF). web.archive.org. June 13, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  8. ^ Dixon, Guy (June 15, 2009). "Major changes ahead at CBC News". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  9. ^ Govani, Shinan (June 1, 2009). "Out the door, but then down the aisle". National Post. p. 19. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  10. ^ Bradshaw, James (June 2, 2009). "CBC's Stursberg to marry TV news host MacNeil". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  11. ^ [1], August 26, 2011.
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