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Andrew Chang

Andrew Chang
Born (1982-12-15) 15 December 1982 (age 41)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Alma materCarleton University
Career
ShowThe National
NetworkCBC Television
CountryCanada
Previous show(s)CBC News Vancouver at 6
CBC Montreal News at 6

Andrew Chang (born 15 December 1982) is a Canadian television journalist, best known as a co-anchor of CBC Television's nightly flagship newscast The National.[1]

Early life

Chang was born on 15 December 1982[2][3] in Ottawa and graduated from Carleton University with a degree in journalism.[3][4] He grew up speaking English in a family where his father spoke Cantonese and his mother spoke Mandarin. After moving to Quebec, he became fluent in French.[5]

Broadcasting career

Chang joined the CBC in 2004 at CBC Montreal as a researcher. He was a part of CBC's broadcast team for the 2014 Winter Olympics.[6][7] From 2014 to 2017, he was anchor of CBC Vancouver's News at 6. For this work, he won the Best News Anchor, Local award at the Canadian Screen Awards in 2016 and 2018. On 1 August 2017, he was named co-host of The National.[1]

In June 2022, the CBC announced that Chang would be stepping away from The National, and moving to host a new daily program for the CBC's forthcoming streaming news service.[8] His program, About That, launched on CBC News Explore on November 30, 2022.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Watters, Haydn (1 August 2017). "Adrienne Arsenault, Rosemary Barton, Andrew Chang, Ian Hanomansing to host The National". CBC News. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  2. ^ Chang, Andrew [@AndrewChangCBC] (15 December 2012). "Celebrating my birthday from beautiful Mont-Tremblant. The view from my window makes me smile" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 June 2022 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ a b "A glimpse at the careers of the new hosts of 'The National'". CityNews. The Canadian Press. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Debra Arbec and Andrew Chang – Co-anchors for CBC News: Montreal". The Montrealer. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Anglo of the Day: Andrew Chang". CBC News. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  6. ^ Takeuchi, Craig (26 August 2014). "Andrew Chang to host CBC News Vancouver". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Andrew Chang leaving CBC Montreal anchor chair". The Gazette. Montreal. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  8. ^ David Friend, "CBC makes changes at ‘The National’ ahead of free streaming channel launch". Toronto Star, June 30, 2022.
  9. ^ Noel Ransome, "CBC launches free ad-supported streaming channel CBC News Explore". Toronto Star, November 30, 2022.


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