Rita Celli

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Rita Celli (born 1969 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian radio journalist, [1] who was the host of Ontario Today on CBC Radio One's stations in Ontario from 2006 to 2023. [2]

Born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario, she graduated from Carleton University’s journalism program in 1991. [3] Prior to Ontario Today, she held a number of positions at CBC on both radio and television, including anchor of CBOT-DT's supper-hour newscast. [4]

In 2000, she and a team of CBC journalists won an investigative award from the Canadian Association of Journalists. [5] In 2014, Celli was awarded the Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Investigative Journalism. [6]

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References

  1. "Rita Celli glad to be back on the air". 8 September 2006.
  2. "Longtime Ontario Today host Rita Celli retires". CBC News Ottawa, November 23, 2023.
  3. Laura Stradiotto, "Shyness no longer issue for CBC personality". Sudbury Star , September 24, 2007.
  4. "Radio, TV programs shuffle Ottawa hosts". Ottawa Citizen , September 18, 2006.
  5. "National Post wins top journalism awards". Prince Albert Daily Herald , April 10, 2000.
  6. James Bradshaw, "Toronto Star wins public-service journalism award for Ford investigation". The Globe and Mail , June 11, 2014.