David Cochrane (journalist)

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David Cochrane
BornMay 4, 1973
OccupationJournalist
Years active1997 - present
Awards Canadian Screen Award for Best Local News Reportage (2014)

David Cochrane is a Canadian television journalist, who was named the host of CBC News Network's daily show Power & Politics in February 2023. [1]

Previously a reporter for network affiliate CBNT-DT in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, he won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Local News Reportage at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 for his report on a major police drug smuggling investigation in the province. [2] He joined the network's national parliamentary bureau in Ottawa as a reporter in 2016, and was sometimes seen as a fill-in host of Power & Politics prior to being named the show's permanent host in 2023. [3]

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