Andrea Slobodian

Andrea Slobodian

Slobodian reporting for Sun News from Olympic Plaza (Calgary) on December 9, 2011
Residence Calgary
Nationality Canadian
Occupation TV reporter
Employer Sun News Network
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@AndreaSlobodian on Twitter

Andrea Slobodian is a Canadian television reporter and commentator at Sun News Network. She is one of three commentators that make up The Roundtable on Sun News.[1][2][3]

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Early life

Slobodian is in the third generation of her family to live in Canada. They came from Ukraine and settled in Manitoba, where she was raised.[4][5] She graduated from Collège Jeanne-Sauvé, Winnipeg;[4] then took Red River College’s Creative Communications course, majoring in journalism.[4] She received her Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Winnipeg.[4]

Career in media

Slobodian worked as a television news reporter, producer, and anchor for Citytv Winnipeg, before and after its acquisition by Bell Media in 2006.[1][6][7] Later, Slobodian was hired by Global Winnipeg, first in a term position in 2007, and then as a full time weather anchor.[8] She stayed with Global until being hired in 2009 to become Shaw TV Calgary's first weather anchor.[8][9][10][11] She worked briefly for CBC Calgary until 2011; when she was hired by Sun News Network to co-host a new morning show, from Calgary.[11] Called The Roundtable, the show is also co-hosted by Alex Pierson and Pat Bolland, both in Toronto.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Rountable". Sun News Network. Quebecor. http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/shows/the-roundtable.html. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
  2. ^ "Morning Sun: Alex Pierson". HamiltonMagazine.com. Sun Media. http://www.hamiltonmagazine.com/sitepages/?aid=3749&cn=About%20Face&an=ABOUT%20FACE%20. Retrieved 2011-12-12. 
  3. ^ QMI News Agency (December 22, 2011). "The Roundtable: 'A breakfast show with bite'". London Free Press. http://www.lfpress.com/news/canada/2011/03/24/17744551.html. Retrieved December 22, 2011. 
  4. ^ a b c d "Andrea Slobodian: Weather Anchor". GlobalWinnipeg.com. Shaw Media Inc.. 2008-03-11. http://www.globalwinnipeg.com/Andrea+Slobodian/766679/story.html. Retrieved 2011-12-12. 
  5. ^ Slobodian, Andrea (2011-11-23). "Occupy movement ignores Canada as land of opportunity". Winnipeg Sun. QMI Agency. http://www.winnipegsun.com/2011/11/22/occupy-movement-ignores-canada-as-land-of-opportunity. Retrieved 2011-12-12. 
  6. ^ Pursaga, Joyanne (2006-07-13). "No warning before axe fell". Winnipeg Sun (Canoe.ca). http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/TV_Shows/C/Citytv/2006/07/13/1682124.html. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
  7. ^ Williams, Nicole (2007). "Manitoba Media Directory". Pat Rediger, Benchmark Public Relations. p. 53. ISBN 9780978287610. 
  8. ^ a b "Meera Bahadoosingh Joining Shaw TV Winnipeg". ChrisD.ca. 2009-09-18. http://www.chrisd.ca/blog/14456/meera-bahadoosingh-global-winnipeg-shaw-tv/. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
  9. ^ "Andrea Slobodian — From Mosquitoes to Chinooks". ChrisD.ca. 2009-09-16. http://www.chrisd.ca/blog/14332/andrea-slobodian-global-winnipeg-shaw-tv-calgary/. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
  10. ^ "Andrea Slobodian". Canada.com. CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. 2008-03-11. http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=629508a5-f7b9-4df8-8ad9-3b83d08e59f8&sponsor=. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
  11. ^ a b "Andrea Slobodian to Co-Host Sun TV Morning Show". ChrisD.ca. 2011-03-24. http://www.chrisd.ca/blog/37205/andrea-slobodian-sun-news-network-co-host-the-roundtable/. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 

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