- Colleen McEdwards
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Colleen McEdwards (born 1968) is a Canadian anchor for CNN International, based at CNN International's Atlanta headquarters, where she anchors various editions of World Report. She also worked in CNN's Moscow bureau. She previously hosted World News, Your World Today, and the global business program World Business Today.
Career
Through more than 20 years as a journalist she has covered US and Canadian politics, finance, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Bosnia conflict and in more than 10 years at CNN International has participated in live coverage for most of the major global news events of the last decade including the Asia Tsunami, the Japan earthquake, the decline of Suharto, the death of Bhutto, the Kosovo war, the crash of Swissair flight 111, the Haiti earthquake, and the 2008 presidential election to name just a few. She has been a prominent face in CNN's global economic crisis coverage. Colleen has a Masters degree in instructional design and in 2011 earned a Ph.D. in education with a specialization in technology management and the application of learning platforms to maximize performance improvements for adult learners. She is a trainer and mentor to young journalists throughout the world and participates in many education and training events and professional affiliations. She has been a real estate and business professional, teacher, trainer and journalist in online, print, and broadcasting formats. She is a published author and speaks at least three languages. Before joining CNN, McEdwards was a senior political reporter with CBC News in Toronto, Ontario.
External links
- Unofficial website. Accessed 14 December 2007.
- Colleen McEdwards at CNN profile
Lead anchors Anna Coren · Becky Anderson · Charles Hodson · Colleen McEdwards · Errol Barnett · Fionnuala Sweeney · Hala Gorani · Isha Sesay · Jim Clancy · Jonathan Mann · Kristie Lu Stout · Michael Holmes · Monita Rajpal · Richard Quest · Zain VerjeeOther daily anchors Anjali Rao · Anna Coren · Asieh Namdar · Felicia Taylor · John Vause · Luis Carlos Vélez · Manisha Tank · Maggie Lake · Max Foster · Natalie Allen · Nina Dos Santos · Pauline Chiou · Ralitsa Vassileva · Reggie Aqui · Rosemary ChurchSports Meteorologists Guillermo Arduino · Ivan Cabrera · Jennifer Delgado · Jenny Harrison · Pedram Javaheri · Martin Jeannes · Lola Martinez · Mari Ramos · Bonnie Schneider · Karen MaginnisCorrespondents and hosts Jim Bittermann · Phil Black · Matthew Chance · Robyn Curnow · Arwa Damon · John Defterios · Jill Dougherty · Ayesha Durgahee · Jaime FlorCruz · Stan Grant · Paula Hancocks · Mohammed Jamjoom Gerald Kessell · Kyung Lah · Liz Neisloss · Paula Newton · Robin Oakley · Karl Penhaul · Frederik Pleitgen · Dan Rivers · Nic Robertson · Shirley Robertson · Richard Roth · Bill Schneider · Sara Sidner · Atika Shubert · Sohn Jie-Ae · Ben Wedeman · Eunice YoonFormer personalities Christiane Amanpour · Sharyl Attkisson · Hugh Riminton · Aneesh Raman · Terry Baddoo · Ralph Begleiter · Harris Whitbeck · Kate Giles · Miles O'Brien · Satinder Bindra · Hillary Bowker · Andrew Brown · Chris Burns · Patricia Chew · Stephen Cole · Daljit Dhaliwal · Jason Dasey · Steven Engel · Adrian Finighan · Graeme Joffe · Victoria Jen · Stephanie Elam · Michael Ware · Shakuntala SanthiranCategories:- Canadian television news anchors
- Canadian television reporters and correspondents
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Canadian women journalists
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