Neil Macdonald
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Neil Macdonald (born 1957) is an award winning Canadian journalist who currently works for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Macdonald worked as a print journalist for many years. He joined the CBC in 1988 and covered Parliament for approximately a decade. He then served for five years as the network's chief Middle East correspondent. He is currently The National's Washington correspondent.
Macdonald is a graduate of the Journalism program at Ottawa's Algonquin College, and is fluent in English and French, and can speak some Arabic.
In 2004, Macdonald received a Gemini Award for his reportage on Haiti.
He is the brother of comedian Norm Macdonald.
