Colleen McEdwards (journalist)
Encyclopedia
Colleen McEdwards 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.
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.
CNN International
CNN International is an international English language television network that carries news, current affairs, politics, opinions, and business programming worldwide. CNN is one of the world's largest news organizations. It is owned by Time Warner, and is affiliated with CNN, which is mainly...
, 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
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
News in Toronto, Ontario.
External links
- Unofficial website. Accessed 14 December 2007.
- Colleen McEdwards at CNN profile