Brooks DeCillia
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Brooks DeCillia is a national reporter for CBC News
in Alberta
, Canada
. His reports regularly air on CBC Television
’s The National and CBC Radio
programs, including The World at Six
and World Report
.
DeCillia attended journalism school at the University of Regina
after getting an honours degree in international studies from the University of Saskatchewan
.
DeCillia studied politics and communication at the London School of Economics
as a Chevening Scholar. His dissertation about the mainstream media’s coverage of Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan won the Silverstone Prize.
DeCillia has covered stories in south Asia, Europe and across North America. He was embedded with Canadian forces Kandahar
in Afghanistan in 2006 and 2007.
DeCillia runs marathons. He has a wife and son.
CBC News
CBC News is the department within the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on CBC television, radio and online services...
in Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. His reports regularly air on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
’s The National and CBC Radio
CBC Radio
CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...
programs, including The World at Six
The World at Six
The World at Six is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's national dinner-hour radio newscast, airing Monday to Friday from 6 to 6:30 p.m. local time on CBC Radio One....
and World Report
World Report
World Report is CBC Radio's morning news program, airing weekdays at 5, 6, 7, and 8 AM, and Saturdays and Sundays at 6, 7, 8, and 9 AM. It lasts 10 minutes...
.
DeCillia attended journalism school at the University of Regina
University of Regina
The University of Regina is a public research university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatchewan as a junior college in 1925, and was disaffiliated...
after getting an honours degree in international studies from the University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the...
.
DeCillia studied politics and communication at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
as a Chevening Scholar. His dissertation about the mainstream media’s coverage of Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan won the Silverstone Prize.
DeCillia has covered stories in south Asia, Europe and across North America. He was embedded with Canadian forces Kandahar
Kandahar
Kandahar is the second largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 512,200 as of 2011. It is the capital of Kandahar Province, located in the south of the country at about 1,005 m above sea level...
in Afghanistan in 2006 and 2007.
DeCillia runs marathons. He has a wife and son.