Andrea Slobodian

Andrea Slobodian was a Canadian television reporter. In October 2012, she became the late night anchor for CTV News in Winnipeg.[1] Previously she was a reporter and commentator for The Roundtable on Sun News Network.[2][3][4] She now currently works for the Manitoba Legislature in the Communications and Stakeholder Relations department.[5]

Andrea Slobodian
Slobodian reporting for Sun News from Olympic Plaza (Calgary) on December 9, 2011
NationalityCanadian
OccupationCommunications and Stakeholder Relations at the Manitoba Legislature
EmployerGovernment of Manitoba
Website@AndreaSlobodian on Twitter

Early life

Slobodian is in the third generation of her family to live in Canada. They came from Ukraine and settled in Manitoba, where she was raised.[6][7] She graduated from Collège Jeanne-Sauvé in Winnipeg,[6] then took Red River College's Creative Communications course, majoring in journalism.[6] She received her Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Winnipeg.[6]

Career in media

Slobodian worked as a television news reporter, producer, and anchor for Citytv Winnipeg, before and after its acquisition by Bell Media in 2006.[2][8][9] Later, Slobodian was hired by Global Winnipeg, first in a term position in 2007, and then as a full-time weather anchor.[10] She stayed with Global until being hired in 2009 to become Shaw TV Calgary's first weather anchor.[10][11][12][13] She worked briefly for CBC Calgary until 2011, when she was hired by Sun News Network to co-host a new morning show, from Calgary.[13] Called The Roundtable, the show was also co-hosted by Alex Pierson and Pat Bolland, both in Toronto.[2] She moved on to CTV Winnipeg in October 2012 to be their Late Night Anchor.[1][14]

References
  1. "Andrea Slobodian". winnipeg.ctvnews.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  2. "The Rountable". Sun News Network. Quebecor. Archived from the original on 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
  3. "Morning Sun: Alex Pierson". HamiltonMagazine.com. Sun Media. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
  4. QMI News Agency (December 22, 2011). "The Roundtable: 'A breakfast show with bite'". London Free Press. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  5. "Andrea Slobodian Signs Off on TV Journalism Career". www.chrisd.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  6. "Andrea Slobodian: Weather Anchor". GlobalWinnipeg.com. Shaw Media Inc. March 11, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  7. Slobodian, Andrea (2011-11-23). "Occupy movement ignores Canada as land of opportunity". Winnipeg Sun. QMI Agency. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
  8. Pursaga, Joyanne (2006-07-13). "No warning before axe fell". Winnipeg Sun (Canoe.ca). Retrieved 2011-12-11.
  9. Williams, Nicole (2007). Manitoba Media Directory. Pat Rediger, Benchmark Public Relations. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-9782876-1-0.
  10. "Meera Bahadoosingh Joining Shaw TV Winnipeg". ChrisD.ca. 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
  11. "Andrea Slobodian — From Mosquitoes to Chinooks". ChrisD.ca. 2009-09-16. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
  12. "Andrea Slobodian". Canada.com. CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
  13. "Andrea Slobodian to Co-Host Sun TV Morning Show". ChrisD.ca. 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
  14. "Andrea Slobodian Named CTV Winnipeg Late Night Anchor". chrisd.ca. 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
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