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Ann Medina
Canadian journalist and producer
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Occupation | Journalist |
Ann Medina is an American Canadian television journalist and documentary producer.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born and raised in New York City, Medina studied philosophy at Wellesley College, Harvard University and the University of Edinburgh before getting her M.A. in philosophy from the University of Chicago. She began her television career in Chicago, later becoming a network producer for NBC News, and then a network correspondent and producer for ABC News. While at ABC, she produced documentaries for its network Close-Up series.
In 1975, Medina moved to Canada to marry CTV producer and host Jack McGaw. They divorced amicably after eight years.[2]
She worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Newsmagazine and later became its executive producer.
She joined CBC's The Journal when it began in 1982, becoming its senior foreign correspondent, focusing on stories in the Mideast, but also reporting from China, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Africa, Bhopal and elsewhere. In 1983-84 she was the Beirut bureau chief for CBC's The National and The Journal. Her documentaries aired regularly on BBC's Ne
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Ann Medina bolstered Canadian TV at home and abroad
Ann Medina is the first female broadcast journalist in Canada to become an icon. For Canadians in the 1970s and ’80s, she was a unique presence, a woman possessed of a deep voice, silver bracelets and clear bespectacled eyes, who exuded a charisma of warmth and integrity. In that period and earlier, the best broadcast anchors and journalists –Canada’s Knowlton Nash and Lloyd Robertson and in the U.S., the Walter Cronkites and Jim Lehrers – were more than conveyors of the nightly news. They offered reports on the day’s events that brought people together in a collective sharing of what was important – the news that mattered. Medina is one of those journalists, someone who made a visceral impact, helping turn Canadians’ attention towards the world stage. And as her career progressed, she turned her journalistic eye towards the Canadian film and television industry, working behind the scenes to elevate the conversation around not only Cancon, but also raising the profile of all women in the industry.
Medina is an American, but she has spent the past four decades contributing to the Canadian body politic. She set the tone for her career early when she turned down an opportunity to host