Eric Sorensen (journalist)

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Eric Sorensen is a Canadian television journalist. [1] He has been the national affairs correspondent for Global National since early 2014, and previously served as Washington, D.C. bureau chief for Global National, from November 2006 to 2014. [2] Sorensen was previously a reporter for CBC Television's The National from 1992 until joining Global News in 2006. [1]

Born in Hearst, Ontario and raised in Port Colborne, Ontario, [3] He began his broadcasting career in 1973 after graduating from the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute radio and television arts program. [3] He worked for a variety of television and radio stations across Canada before joining the CBC's national news division, [3] and was the first Canadian to receive the Benton Fellowship in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Chicago in 1984. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Global News Appoints Eric Sorensen As New Washington Bureau Chief". Canadian Press, October 17, 2006.
  2. ↑ "Sorensen to run Global's Washington bureau". Windsor Star , October 19, 2006.
  3. 1 2 3 "New CBET anchor well-travelled". Windsor Star , September 18, 1990.


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