Andrea Slobodian

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

Andrea Slobodian is a Canadian former 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 currently works for the Manitoba Legislature in the Communications and Stakeholder Relations department. [5]

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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 program, 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Andrea Slobodian". winnipeg.ctvnews.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Roundtable". 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. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Andrea Slobodian: Weather Anchor". GlobalWinnipeg.com. Shaw Media Inc. March 11, 2008. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. 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). Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 2011-12-11.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ↑ Williams, Nicole (2007). Manitoba Media Directory. Pat Rediger, Benchmark Public Relations. p. 53. ISBN   978-0-9782876-1-0.
  10. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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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