Marci Ien

Marci Ien (born July 29, 1969 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian broadcast journalist with CTV/Bell Media. She is best known as the news anchor and co-host for CTV's Canada AM, a reporter for CTV News and anchor for CTV NewsChannel.[1]

Originally one of the children on the Crossroads program Circle Square,[2] Ien studied journalism at Ryerson University.[2] She began her career at CHCH-TV in Hamilton, Ontario in 1991 as a news writer and general assignment reporter.[2] In 1995 she began reporting from Queen's Park in Toronto, with her reports appearing both on CHCH's local news and on WIC's national newscast Canada Tonight.[2] In 1997, she moved to CTV where she made her national debut at CTV Atlantic, covering major stories including the crash of Swissair Flight 111 off Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia.[2]

In 1995, Ien won a Radio Television Digital News Association Award for her news serial Journey to Freedom, a look at the Underground Railroad.[2] In 2008, she was the recipient of the Black Business and Professional Association Harry Jerome Award in the media category.[2] In 2014, she was granted the Planet Africa Award for excellence in media. In 2015, Ms. Ien garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination in the Best Host category for her work on CTV's Canada AM. In 2016, she was honoured with an African Canadian Achievement Award for her journalistic accomplishments.

Personal life

Ien is a Black Canadian[2] of Trinidadian descent.[3] She has two children, Blaize and Dash, with her husband Lloyd Exeter.[3] Ien's parents are Joel and Vilna Ien. She has a sister named Lorraine. On the July 21, 2016 episode of the CTV program The Social, Ien revealed that she had been engaged to Canadian rapper and actor Maestro Fresh-Wes.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.thestar.com/life/parent/2012/11/23/canada_am_host_marci_ien_inspired_to_call_son_dash_thanks_to_her_own_fathers_motivational_story.html
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Marci Ien. Who's Who in Black Canada, January 4, 2011.
  3. 1 2

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