Sheila MacVicar

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Sheila MacVicar is a Canadian television journalist recently hired by Al Jazeera America to serve as a correspondent for America Tonight.[1]

A native of Montreal, she has been working for CBS News since June 2004 as the network's London correspondent. She has also worked as a reporter for CBC Television (1981–1990), ABC News (1990–2001) and CNN (2001–2004). From 1977 she worked at CBC affiliated stations in Calgary and Montreal.

She graduated from Carleton University in 1977 with a Bachelor of Journalism.

Awards and recognition

  • Emmy Awards (3 awards)
  • Peabody Award (1 award)
  • One World Broadcasting Trust (media award; 1998)

Noted stories

MacVicar reported on a connection between Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein on January 14, 1999 on ABC News.

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