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2018-02-15 21:35:17 UTC
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Vassy Kapelos to host CBC's Power & Politics
Award-winning broadcast journalist describes herself as ‘politics-obsessed’
CBC News Posted: Feb 15, 2018 3:00 PM ET Last Updated: Feb 15, 2018 3:07 PM ET
http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/kapelos-p-and-p-1.4537311
CBC News announced Thursday that Vassy Kapelos will be the new host of Power & Politics. (CBC)
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CBC News has tapped Canadian broadcast journalist Vassy Kapelos to host its flagship daily political program Power & Politics.
Kapelos, who describes herself as "politics-obsessed," joins the public broadcaster from Global News, where she most recently served as Ottawa bureau chief and host of the network's program The West Block.
Prior to working as a parliamentary correspondent in Ottawa, Kapelos covered provincial politics, including in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
"I'm thrilled for the opportunity to join this show and work with a group of really talented people who are as politics-obsessed as me," Kapelos said in a statement Thursday.
"I honestly grew up wanting to be the host of a daily political talk show — I admittedly wasn't the coolest kid — and I am beyond excited that it's happening at CBC."
Kapelos, originally from Toronto, has won several awards for her work, including a Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) honour in 2013 for an in-depth examination of Alberta's emergency response system.
Kapelos will officially begin as host of Power & Politics in March.
"Vassy's respectful but persistent interviewing style has helped her hone an adroit ability to hold the powerful to account," said Jennifer McGuire, general manager and editor in chief of CBC News.
"Her experience and enthusiasm will be invaluable as we chart a renewed course for Power & Politics."
Kapelos takes over from Rosemary Barton, who joined the anchor team for The National in September.
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Adrienne Arsenault, Rosemary Barton, Andrew Chang, Ian Hanomansing to host The National
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An Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist, Vassy Kapelos, widely recognized for the Ottawa Bureau Chief for Global News.She covers politics for all platforms, including our national broadcast, local broadcasts and online. She is also temporarily filling in as host of Global’s Sunday morning political affairs show "The West Block."
Vassy Kapelos was born on was born on 6th May 1987 in Toronto Canada. She has two sisters named, Zo Kap and Sha bale Ngu. Kapelos's parents were hard working people, she says, “I learned everything about how to succeed from them, and their sacrifice gave me the opportunities I’ve had in life,” explains Kapelos. “I’d be nowhere without them and the example they set.”
Kapelos has a degree from the University of Western Ontario and an MA from Dalhousie University, both in political science. She has studied Canadian and South American politics widely. Her master’s thesis focused on the debt crisis in Argentina, and she has published work on counter-insurgency efforts in Colombia. Class discussions and essay assignments, where reading requirements were challenging, forced her to hone in on the heart of arguments and relevant facts.
Contracting newsrooms and unprecedented cuts made her chosen field a tough one to get into. She began her career as a video journalist at Southwest TV News IN Swift Current, SK. Kapelos worked from October 2007 to September 2008. Kapelos admits that she found the stories she was assigned at the local level to be a bit frustrating. “I remember thinking I spent time being so challenged at Dal, and here I was doing stories on fundraisers and crosswalks. It was a humbling experience to have.” Humbling, but one she says she wouldn’t trade.
From Swift Current, she headed to Saskatoon and Edmonton, where she got her first taste of political journalism as Global’s legislative reporter and anchor for Global Television Saskatoon. She experienced for the first time the kind of effect reliable reporting can have on people’s lives.
Her investigative exposé of the ambulance industry in Alberta, which she revealed was underresourced and put people’s lives at risk, forced a provincial review of the entire system. She worked there from October 2008 to April 2010.
“That was a defining moment for me,” says Kapelos. “I realized that beyond just reporting what has happened we do have the ability to effect change. I felt I was able to use my job for something really positive.”
Global Television (AB)
Then she worked as a Reporter/Anchor for Global Television (AB) in Edmonton and Calgary from April 2010 to December 2013 Employment. She was the Provincial Affairs Reporter for both Global Edmonton and Global Calgary, where she covered issues and events that affected the province, with a focus on politics. That included covering Alberta’s 2012 provincial election and writing/producing Code Red, a series on Alberta’s ambulance system crisis that forced an official provincial review.
Besides that, she was also involved in exposing Premier Redford’s former Chief of Staff’s severance, a fight that resulted in a change of government policy and new rules for reporting income to the public. In 2013, she received the Edward R. Murrow Award for Best News Series for 'Code Red,' a series on Alberta’s ambulance system crisis that forced an official provincial review.
She transferred to the Global TV Ottawa bureau in 2013, becoming bureau chief in 2016 and host of The West Block in 2017 following the retirement of Tom Clark. In February of 2018 it was announced that she would join CBC News Network as the new host of Power & Politics beginning in March
Personal Life
In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with friends, family, and her PVR, baking, reading and avoiding exercise. Kapelos is a happily married woman. However, she has not revealed her husband's name on social sites. Kapelos holds a Canadian nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. She is active on social networking sites, where she frequently posts photos to her Instagram account.
Net Worth
https://twitter.com/VassyKapelos
In the CBC Entertainment category, they have this
(non-news??) story
Vassy Kapelos to host CBC's Power & Politics
Award-winning broadcast journalist describes herself as ‘politics-obsessed’
CBC News Posted: Feb 15, 2018 3:00 PM ET Last Updated: Feb 15, 2018 3:07 PM ET
http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/kapelos-p-and-p-1.4537311
CBC News announced Thursday that Vassy Kapelos will be the new host of Power & Politics. (CBC)
507 shares
Related Stories
LINK
CBC News: Power & Politics
CBC News has tapped Canadian broadcast journalist Vassy Kapelos to host its flagship daily political program Power & Politics.
Kapelos, who describes herself as "politics-obsessed," joins the public broadcaster from Global News, where she most recently served as Ottawa bureau chief and host of the network's program The West Block.
Prior to working as a parliamentary correspondent in Ottawa, Kapelos covered provincial politics, including in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
"I'm thrilled for the opportunity to join this show and work with a group of really talented people who are as politics-obsessed as me," Kapelos said in a statement Thursday.
"I honestly grew up wanting to be the host of a daily political talk show — I admittedly wasn't the coolest kid — and I am beyond excited that it's happening at CBC."
Kapelos, originally from Toronto, has won several awards for her work, including a Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) honour in 2013 for an in-depth examination of Alberta's emergency response system.
Kapelos will officially begin as host of Power & Politics in March.
"Vassy's respectful but persistent interviewing style has helped her hone an adroit ability to hold the powerful to account," said Jennifer McGuire, general manager and editor in chief of CBC News.
"Her experience and enthusiasm will be invaluable as we chart a renewed course for Power & Politics."
Kapelos takes over from Rosemary Barton, who joined the anchor team for The National in September.
--- LINK
Adrienne Arsenault, Rosemary Barton, Andrew Chang, Ian Hanomansing to host The National
191 comments
----------
An Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist, Vassy Kapelos, widely recognized for the Ottawa Bureau Chief for Global News.She covers politics for all platforms, including our national broadcast, local broadcasts and online. She is also temporarily filling in as host of Global’s Sunday morning political affairs show "The West Block."
Vassy Kapelos was born on was born on 6th May 1987 in Toronto Canada. She has two sisters named, Zo Kap and Sha bale Ngu. Kapelos's parents were hard working people, she says, “I learned everything about how to succeed from them, and their sacrifice gave me the opportunities I’ve had in life,” explains Kapelos. “I’d be nowhere without them and the example they set.”
Kapelos has a degree from the University of Western Ontario and an MA from Dalhousie University, both in political science. She has studied Canadian and South American politics widely. Her master’s thesis focused on the debt crisis in Argentina, and she has published work on counter-insurgency efforts in Colombia. Class discussions and essay assignments, where reading requirements were challenging, forced her to hone in on the heart of arguments and relevant facts.
Contracting newsrooms and unprecedented cuts made her chosen field a tough one to get into. She began her career as a video journalist at Southwest TV News IN Swift Current, SK. Kapelos worked from October 2007 to September 2008. Kapelos admits that she found the stories she was assigned at the local level to be a bit frustrating. “I remember thinking I spent time being so challenged at Dal, and here I was doing stories on fundraisers and crosswalks. It was a humbling experience to have.” Humbling, but one she says she wouldn’t trade.
From Swift Current, she headed to Saskatoon and Edmonton, where she got her first taste of political journalism as Global’s legislative reporter and anchor for Global Television Saskatoon. She experienced for the first time the kind of effect reliable reporting can have on people’s lives.
Her investigative exposé of the ambulance industry in Alberta, which she revealed was underresourced and put people’s lives at risk, forced a provincial review of the entire system. She worked there from October 2008 to April 2010.
“That was a defining moment for me,” says Kapelos. “I realized that beyond just reporting what has happened we do have the ability to effect change. I felt I was able to use my job for something really positive.”
Global Television (AB)
Then she worked as a Reporter/Anchor for Global Television (AB) in Edmonton and Calgary from April 2010 to December 2013 Employment. She was the Provincial Affairs Reporter for both Global Edmonton and Global Calgary, where she covered issues and events that affected the province, with a focus on politics. That included covering Alberta’s 2012 provincial election and writing/producing Code Red, a series on Alberta’s ambulance system crisis that forced an official provincial review.
Besides that, she was also involved in exposing Premier Redford’s former Chief of Staff’s severance, a fight that resulted in a change of government policy and new rules for reporting income to the public. In 2013, she received the Edward R. Murrow Award for Best News Series for 'Code Red,' a series on Alberta’s ambulance system crisis that forced an official provincial review.
She transferred to the Global TV Ottawa bureau in 2013, becoming bureau chief in 2016 and host of The West Block in 2017 following the retirement of Tom Clark. In February of 2018 it was announced that she would join CBC News Network as the new host of Power & Politics beginning in March
Personal Life
In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with friends, family, and her PVR, baking, reading and avoiding exercise. Kapelos is a happily married woman. However, she has not revealed her husband's name on social sites. Kapelos holds a Canadian nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. She is active on social networking sites, where she frequently posts photos to her Instagram account.
Net Worth
https://twitter.com/VassyKapelos