Sharon Dunn
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Sharon Dunn is a Canadian journalist
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, Dunn began her career in broadcasting at CJCB-TV
in Sydney, Nova Scotia
in 1975, quickly advancing to CBC Halifax
as the six o’clock television news anchor.
In 1979, when Dunn was twenty-four, she was a news anchor at CBC Toronto
hosting Newsfinal, Reach for the Top
and Newshour
and earned the highest ratings that station had ever recorded. She took a leave of absence in 1984 to have her first child.
She spent four years as a celebrity columnist/interviewer for the National Post
interviewing people like Woody Harrelson
, Suzanne Somers
, Ivana Trump
, Johnny Cochrane, Margaret Atwood
, and Johnny Depp
and wrote personal journalism articles for Reader's Digest
and Maclean's
Magazine.
Her story, 'Amazing Brace' about her son's scoliosis in Maclean's
, January 2008, was a finalist in the Health and Science category for the 2008 National Magazine Awards. She continues to write about scoliosis at her personal blog.
Dunn has also been syndicated by The New York Times
where her story, Luke's Dad, about her son and late husband circled the world two years in a row. Sharon’s husband was wealthy, internationally renowned horse breeder, John Sikura, who died in 1994.
Dunn is currently a writer living in Toronto, Ontario and has two sons.
Dunn was also in a much publicized relationship with then Premier of Ontario, Mike Harris
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Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
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Biography
A graduate of Dalhousie UniversityDalhousie University
Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...
, Dunn began her career in broadcasting at CJCB-TV
CJCB-TV
CJCB-TV is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Sydney, Nova Scotia. It is an O&O of the CTV Television Network, through the CTV Atlantic regional system in the Canadian Maritimes....
in Sydney, Nova Scotia
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Sydney is a Canadian urban community in the province of Nova Scotia. It is situated on the east coast of Cape Breton Island and is administratively part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality....
in 1975, quickly advancing to CBC Halifax
CBHT
CBHT is the flagship station of CBC Television in the Atlantic Time Zone of Canada. CBHT broadcasts on terrestrial channel 39 at 157.54 kW and cable channel 11 in the Halifax metro area...
as the six o’clock television news anchor.
In 1979, when Dunn was twenty-four, she was a news anchor at CBC Toronto
CBLT-TV
CBLT-DT is a television station serving Toronto, Ontario and outlying regions and is an owned and operated station of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is the oldest television station in Ontario, and the second oldest in Canada after Radio-Canada flagship station CBFT in Montreal...
hosting Newsfinal, Reach for the Top
Reach for the Top
Reach for the Top is a Canadian game show in which teams of high school students participate in local, provincial and eventually national trivia tournaments...
and Newshour
CBC News at Six
CBC News produces a variety of local newscasts for CBC Television's owned-and-operated stations throughout Canada. On most stations, the local news operation is currently titled CBC News: [city/province name], such that the 6:00 p.m. newscast on CBLT is named CBC News: Toronto at 6...
and earned the highest ratings that station had ever recorded. She took a leave of absence in 1984 to have her first child.
She spent four years as a celebrity columnist/interviewer for the National Post
National Post
The National Post is a Canadian English-language national newspaper based in Don Mills, a district of Toronto. The paper is owned by Postmedia Network Inc. and is published Mondays through Saturdays...
interviewing people like Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson
Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson is an American actor.Harrelson's breakthrough role came in the television sitcom Cheers as bartender Woody Boyd...
, Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers is an American actress, author, singer and businesswoman, known for her television roles as Chrissy Snow on Three's Company and as Carol Lambert on Step by Step....
, Ivana Trump
Ivana Trump
Ivana Trump is a former Olympic athlete, socialite, and fashion model noted for her marriage to mogul Donald Trump.-Early years:...
, Johnny Cochrane, Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C...
, and Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol...
and wrote personal journalism articles for Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest is a general interest family magazine, published ten times annually. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters is now in New York City. It was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace...
and Maclean's
Maclean's
Maclean's is a Canadian weekly news magazine, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events.-History:Founded in 1905 by Toronto journalist/entrepreneur Lt.-Col. John Bayne Maclean, a 43-year-old trade magazine publisher who purchased an advertising agency's in-house...
Magazine.
Her story, 'Amazing Brace' about her son's scoliosis in Maclean's
Maclean's
Maclean's is a Canadian weekly news magazine, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events.-History:Founded in 1905 by Toronto journalist/entrepreneur Lt.-Col. John Bayne Maclean, a 43-year-old trade magazine publisher who purchased an advertising agency's in-house...
, January 2008, was a finalist in the Health and Science category for the 2008 National Magazine Awards. She continues to write about scoliosis at her personal blog.
Dunn has also been syndicated by The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
where her story, Luke's Dad, about her son and late husband circled the world two years in a row. Sharon’s husband was wealthy, internationally renowned horse breeder, John Sikura, who died in 1994.
Dunn is currently a writer living in Toronto, Ontario and has two sons.
Dunn was also in a much publicized relationship with then Premier of Ontario, Mike Harris
Mike Harris
Michael Deane "Mike" Harris was the 22nd Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. He is most noted for the "Common Sense Revolution", his Progressive Conservative government's program of deficit reduction in combination with lower taxes and cuts to government...
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