Tina Srebotnjak

Tina Srebotnjak is a Canadian television journalist.

She was born in Slovenia and moved to Canada with her parents as a child, growing up in Mississauga, Ontario. She was educated at the University of Toronto, studying English and French, and at Carleton University, studying journalism.

Career in radio

She joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a researcher in 1976, and covered the 1980 Quebec referendum for the network. She subsequently returned to Toronto to work for "Morningside".Tina is married to CBC journalist Brian Stewart and they have a daughter named Katie.

Career in television

Srebotnjak left CBC Radio and moved over to CBC Television. She joined "Midday", becoming a host of the latter program in 1992.

When "Midday" ended its run in 2000, Srebotnjak moved to TVOntario, where she has hosted cultural programming including the (now-defunct) book series "Imprint".

Her short story "Becoming Canadian" was published in the book "The First Man in my Life: Daughters write about their Fathers" by Sandra Martin.

She now works in the Communications & Marketing department of the Toronto Public Library.

References

* [http://www.tvo.org/TVOsites/WebObjects/TvoMicrosite.woa?imprint_host Imprint - Host]

* [http://www.amazon.ca/First-Man-Life-Sandra-Martin/dp/0143051172 Book - The First Man in my Life]

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