Ziya Tong

Ziya Tong

Ziya Tong is a television personality and television producer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Denise Duguay, "Island tour too rushed," "Leader Post", Regina, Saskatchewan: December 16, 2005, pg. F.3.] She was born in London, England and then lived in Hong Kong, [Dana Gee, "ZeD on CBC a place for new ideas," "The Province", Vancouver, B.C.: October 29, 2004, pg. B.9.] and is of Chinese and Macedonian descent.Malcolm Parry, "Young soprano shows her bombshell style," "The Vancouver Sun", December 23, 2006, pg. B.4.]

At McGill University, she obtained a M.S. in communications [PBS, " [http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/about-series.html Wired Science] ," URL accessed 12 March 2007.] and also majored in psychology. [CBC Television, " [http://zed.cbc.ca/go?POS=1&user_id=41261&c=contentPage&FILTER_KEY=19049 Member Profile: Ziya Tong] ," "Zed Gallery", URL accessed 12 March 2007.] Afterwards, she worked as a reporter, and as a Senior Producer for the news-portal Orientation Global Networks in New York.

She began hosting the CBC television series "ZeD" in the 2004-05 season, succeeding Sharon Lewis. For this, in 2005 she was nominated for a Gemini Award for Viewer's Choice for Lifestyle Host. ["Great, watchable north: The 20th Gemini Awards gala honours the best in Canadian TV," "National Post", November 19, 2005, pg. TO.42.F.]

After "ZeD," Tong moved to CTV to host the new television series "Island Escapes", which premiered on January 6, 2006. Critic Denise Duguay called her a "lively and game travel host." In this position, she visited many exotic island locations, in places such as the French Polynesia and the Caribbean, in a series about vacationing. Starting in January, 2007 she hosted two science shows, "Wired Science" on PBS and The Leading Edge on The Knowledge Network.

References

External links

* [http://www.ziyatong.com/ Ziya Tong's Official Website]
* [http://zed.cbc.ca/go?POS=1&user_id=41261&c=contentPage&FILTER_KEY=19049 Ziya Tong's "ZeD" biography]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/index.jsp?personality=Tong%2C+Ziya&program=ZeD Tong's CBC biography]
* [http://www.ctvtravel.ca/shows/?mode=1&id=396 Description of "Island Escapes"]


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