Carole MacNeil
Encyclopedia
Carole MacNeil is an award-winning television
journalist
and producer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
. She is the host of CBC News Now from 12 to 3 p.m. Eastern Time Zone
on the CBC News Network.
MacNeil was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia
. She worked her way from small town private radio stations to the position of senior anchor with CBC Television. She is recognized as one of the most knowledgeable news anchors in the country. She has a vast knowledge of international affairs, having covered many of the biggest stories of the last decade. MacNeil primarily has made her mark as an interviewer, noted for being an exceptional listener who can capture the essence of her guest, whether they like it or not. "It's about being present with people", she told an interviewer this year. "You can't walk into an interview with anyone's questions but your own. We absolutely cannot accept the status quo of tough sounding questions, with clever evasive answers and say that's ok. It's not ok. I'm incredibly curious about most other people. When a question occurs to me I'll ask it. if someone is evasive, I'll usually call them on it.." MacNeil previously cohosted with Evan Solomon
of CBC News: Sunday
, a two-hour long weekly magazine program focusing on politics
, ethics
and spirituality
. As of September 2004, MacNeil and Evan Solomon co-hosted CBC News: Sunday Night
, an hour-long prime time news broadcast on CBC Television, as well as on CBC Newsworld
, Canada's 24-hour
cable news television channel. The programs were cancelled in June 2009. CBC News Sunday has won several Gemini Awards.
During her time at CBC News Sunday she has won gold at the New York Television festival for a story on exorcism in the Catholic Church, and she won another award for her documentary on the truth about nuclear power. She's also been nominated for several Gemini Awards. "I would love to win a Gemini, because it would be an award from within my own country" MacNeil says.
MacNeil has also hosted Sunday Report, the nightly Sunday national newscast. She has covered many major stories both domestically and internationally, including, live reporting from the crash scene during 9 11, the war in Afghanistan and the drug cartel wars in Mexico. She frequently stands in for chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge on The National.
In 2000, MacNeil helped launch Canada Now
, the supperhour news program on CBC Television. She served as the Toronto anchor and made the fledgling program a ratings winner in its debut year. Prior to that, she anchored CBC Newsworld Sunday, a weekly interview-based national and international news magazine.
She was also previously an anchor and writer for the Windsor Evening News on Windsor
's CBET
. It was the number one news show in the market at the time. She began her television career at CBC station CBAT-TV
in Fredericton
in 1987.
MacNeil is married to former CBC executive Richard Stursberg
.
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and producer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
. She is the host of CBC News Now from 12 to 3 p.m. Eastern Time Zone
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...
on the CBC News Network.
MacNeil was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Antigonish is a Canadian town in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia. The town is home to St. Francis Xavier University and the oldest continuous highland games in North America.-History:...
. She worked her way from small town private radio stations to the position of senior anchor with CBC Television. She is recognized as one of the most knowledgeable news anchors in the country. She has a vast knowledge of international affairs, having covered many of the biggest stories of the last decade. MacNeil primarily has made her mark as an interviewer, noted for being an exceptional listener who can capture the essence of her guest, whether they like it or not. "It's about being present with people", she told an interviewer this year. "You can't walk into an interview with anyone's questions but your own. We absolutely cannot accept the status quo of tough sounding questions, with clever evasive answers and say that's ok. It's not ok. I'm incredibly curious about most other people. When a question occurs to me I'll ask it. if someone is evasive, I'll usually call them on it.." MacNeil previously cohosted with Evan Solomon
Evan Solomon
Evan Solomon is a Canadian writer, magazine publisher and television journalist, who currently hosts the nightly series Power & Politics on CBC News Network. Beginning in September 2011, he will also host CBC Radio One's weekly political affairs series The House.Solomon graduated from McGill...
of CBC News: Sunday
CBC News: Sunday
CBC News: Sunday was a weekly television newsmagazine series in Canada, which aired on Sunday mornings on both CBC Newsworld and CBC Television...
, a two-hour long weekly magazine program focusing on politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
, ethics
Ethics
Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality—that is, concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime, etc.Major branches of ethics include:...
and spirituality
Spirituality
Spirituality can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality; an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.” Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop...
. As of September 2004, MacNeil and Evan Solomon co-hosted CBC News: Sunday Night
CBC News: Sunday Night
CBC News: Sunday Night was a television newsmagazine series in Canada, which aired on Sunday evenings at 10 p.m. on CBC Television. It was, essentially, the Sunday night equivalent of The National, although it took a more features-oriented approach than its weekday counterpart. The program also...
, an hour-long prime time news broadcast on CBC Television, as well as on CBC Newsworld
CBC Newsworld
CBC News Network is a Canadian English language Category C specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. It is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and...
, Canada's 24-hour
24-hour news cycle
The 24-hour news cycle arrived with the advent of television channels dedicated to news, and brought about a much faster pace of news production with increased demand for stories that can be presented as news, as opposed to the day-by-day pace of the news cycle of printed daily newspapers...
cable news television channel. The programs were cancelled in June 2009. CBC News Sunday has won several Gemini Awards.
During her time at CBC News Sunday she has won gold at the New York Television festival for a story on exorcism in the Catholic Church, and she won another award for her documentary on the truth about nuclear power. She's also been nominated for several Gemini Awards. "I would love to win a Gemini, because it would be an award from within my own country" MacNeil says.
MacNeil has also hosted Sunday Report, the nightly Sunday national newscast. She has covered many major stories both domestically and internationally, including, live reporting from the crash scene during 9 11, the war in Afghanistan and the drug cartel wars in Mexico. She frequently stands in for chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge on The National.
In 2000, MacNeil helped launch Canada Now
Canada Now
Canada Now was the early-evening national news program on CBC Television, the main English television network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, between 2000 and 2007...
, the supperhour news program on CBC Television. She served as the Toronto anchor and made the fledgling program a ratings winner in its debut year. Prior to that, she anchored CBC Newsworld Sunday, a weekly interview-based national and international news magazine.
She was also previously an anchor and writer for the Windsor Evening News on Windsor
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...
's CBET
CBET
CBET, channel 9, is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's owned-and-operated television station in Windsor, Ontario. The station's signal also covers the Detroit, Michigan area across the international border in the United States, and is counted as a Detroit station for the purposes of...
. It was the number one news show in the market at the time. She began her television career at CBC station CBAT-TV
CBAT-TV
CBAT-TV is the CBC's television station in New Brunswick. The station's main studios are located in Fredericton. It broadcasts terrestrially on VHF channel 4 from its main transmitter on Mount Champlain near Saint John, its city of licence until 2011, and serves the province via a network of relay...
in Fredericton
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Fredericton is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, by virtue of the provincial parliament which sits there. An important cultural, artistic, and educational centre for the province, Fredericton is home to two universities and cultural institutions such as the Beaverbrook Art...
in 1987.
MacNeil is married to former CBC executive Richard Stursberg
Richard Stursberg
Richard Stursberg was executive vice president of CBC/Radio Canada from October 1, 2004 to August 6, 2010.-Life and career:Stursberg has more than 25 years’ experience in the entertainment, broadcasting, cable, telecommunications and cultural industries, including terms as head of the Canadian...
.