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Piya Chattopadhyay

Canadian broadcaster

Piya Chattopadhyay () is a Canadian journalist, currently host of The Sunday Magazine on CBC Radio One.

She is known for her work on CBC Radio,[1][2][3] as well as on Fox News Radio,[4] and TVOntario.[5] Prior to launching The Sunday Magazine in , she was the host of Out in the Open and had worked in broadcasting for more than 20 years, as a fill-in anchor and host on TVOntario and the CBC's radio and television networks, including on The Agenda, The Current, Q, The World at Six and Cross-Country Checkup, and previously as Fox News Radio's Middle East correspondent.[6]

In she won the Gabriel Award for Do No Harm, her documentary about Dr.

Izzeldin Abuelaish.[7]

Her weekly CBC Radio series Out in the Open debuted on May 28, , and ran until June 28, [8]

On June 8, , it was announced that Chattopadhyay would be succeeding Michael Enright as host of CBC Radio's three-hour Sunday morning block of in-depth interviews and documentaries which was called Sunday Edition under Enright's tenure.[9] The new programme, The Sunday Magazine, premiered on September 13, [6]

Personal life

Chattopadhyay's parents immigrated to Canada from Kolkata, India in ,[7] and she was born in Saskatoon.[1] She is married to fellow journalist Peter Armstrong, whom she met while both were working for the CBC.[10]

References

  1. ^ abCBC’s Piya Chattopadhyay: ‘doing what I want to do’, by Constance Scrafield; at the Orangeville Citizen; published October 31, ; retrieved May 1,
  2. ^Crowd greets CBC staff as bureau goes on air, by Jason Hewlett; at the Kamloops Daily News; published October 9, ; retrieved May 1,
  3. ^Senate explores future financial landscape, by Paul Mayne, in Western News (University of Western Ontario); published November 21, ; retrieved May 1, ; "well-known radio and television personality, Piya Chattopadhyay, who is often a host on both CBC radio and TVO ()"
  4. ^The adventure continues, by Denise Garrado; in the Bradford Times; published March 31, ; retrieved May 1,
  5. ^TVO welcomes Piya Chattopadhyay to The Agenda with Steve PaikinArchived at the Wayback Machine at TVOntario; published April 20, , retrieved May 1,
  6. ^ ab"Join Piya Chattopadhyay as she launches The Sunday Magazine".

    CBC News.

    Piya chattopadhyay biography of alberta Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface. Izzeldin Abuelaish, Do No Harm. CBC News , May 16, Speaking of her educational background, Piya completed her University level at a renowned University somewhere in Canada.

    September 6, Retrieved September 6,

  7. ^ abArrival Lounge, in E-Desi News (page 31); published July ; retrieved May 1,
  8. ^"CBC Radio to debut Out in the Open, The Candy Palmater Show". CBC News, May 16,
  9. ^"Piya Chattopadhyay to host Sunday mornings on CBC Radio".

    CBC Radio. June 8, Retrieved June 8,

  10. ^Office romance is good for business, by Jasmine Budak, in Canadian Business; published May 7, ; retrieved May 1,