Saša Petricic
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Journalist
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. He is currently a correspondent and videojournalist for CBC Television
CBC Television
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's The National. He is based in Ottawa
Ottawa
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but has filed news stories and documentaries from more than 30 countries on every continent during his career. He covered earthquakes in Haiti and Chile in 2010, the rescue of trapped miners in Chile, as well as the 2004 Tsunami from Thailand and Indonesia, the aftermath of the Rwanda genocide and Fidel Castro in Cuba. He has also reported on the war in Afghanistan. In 2007, he was the first CBC journalist to visit and cover Antarctica, spending time aboard the Argentinian icebreaker Almirante Irizar, as well as visiting numerous scientific bases. As a videojournalist, he reports, writes, shoots and edits his own stories and documentaries, bringing a unique visual style and personal perspective.
From 1993 to 2001, Petricic covered federal politics, elections and political issues from the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa. During that time, he contributed various stories and features to BBC News
BBC News
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and CNN
CNN
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.
Petricic has also taught television journalism at the National University of Rwanda, through the non-profit Rwanda Initiative, and conducted courses in documentary-making at the Canadian Screen Training Centre and through the London-based organization Raindance. He is a trainer for videojournalists at the CBC.
Petricic earned a journalism degree with combined honours in Soviet and East European Studies from Carleton University
Carleton University
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. He also studied at Hope College
Hope College
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in Michigan
Michigan
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and at the University of Quebec.
Petricic won the 1999 Canadian Association of Journalists
Canadian Association of Journalists
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Award for Investigative Journalism and the 2005 Canadian Radio and Television News Directors' Association Award for his work in Rwanda, for a story profiling Canadian Doctor James Orbinski. In August 2008, Petricic received a Gemini Nomination for Best News Feature for his documentary on activities by Christian missionaries in Thailand after the tsunami.