Mary Lou Finlay

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Mary Lou Finlay (born 1947) is a Canadian radio and television journalist, best known for hosting various programs on CBC Radio and CBC Television. [1]

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Education

Finlay graduated from the University of Ottawa in 1967 with a BA in English and French literature. [1] For three years she did writing and researching for the Canadian War Museum [1] before her leap to journalism when she began hosting a CBC Ottawa television magazine. [1]

Career in broadcasting

In 1975, Finlay moved to Toronto to co-host CBC Television's Take 30 . [1] She hosted her own program, Finlay and Company , in 1976 and 1977 and developed a loyal following. In 1978 she moved to CTV to co-host and produce the award-winning Live It Up! . [2]

In 1981 she became co-host with Barbara Frum of CBC Television's nightly current affairs program, The Journal . [1] After the program's first year, Frum remained as sole host and Finlay became a documentary reporter, remaining with the program until 1988. [1] In that year she became host of CBC Radio's current affairs program Sunday Morning , where she remained until the spring of 1994. [1] From 1994 to 1997, she hosted Now The Details , CBC Radio's weekly media watchdog program. [2]

Finlay became co-host with Barbara Budd of As It Happens on September 1, 1997, having to cover the death of Diana, Princess of Wales on her first day. [3] She retired following her last appearance on November 30, 2005, which was a tribute show for Finlay celebrating her years with the CBC.

In 2008, she released The As It Happens Files: Radio That May Contain Nuts (Knopf Canada), a book of reminiscences of her time on the show. [3]

She was a pilot, and flew small planes, as she revealed in an on-air interview with test pilot Chuck Yeager on As It Happens . [4]

Finlay is now a fellow with the Centre for the Study of Democracy at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "There's Something About Mary Lou" Archived April 10, 2013, at archive.today . Ryerson Review of Journalism , Summer 2005.
  2. 1 2 "Mary Lou Finlay to retire from CBC". CBC News. October 20, 2005. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  3. 1 2 Sarah Hampson (November 17, 2008). "Mary Lou Finlay: From radio to the written word". The Globe and Mail .
  4. ↑ "As It Happens: The Tuesday Edition". December 8, 2020.
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