Anna Song Canzano (''

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who hosts '' That Expert Show'' in partnership with the

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-based newspaper ''

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''. She previously worked at

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television in Portland, and at Portland's

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and Los Angeles'

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and held an internship at

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in Los Angeles.

Career and awards

Canzano has won several accolades in her career, including the 2012 Best Investigative Reporting Award from the Oregon Association of Broadcasters. She also received the Edward R. Murrow Award in Investigative Reporting in 2007 for her piece on Jordaan Clarke, who after undergoing successful heart surgery at

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(OHSU) hospital as an infant, suffered prolonged oxygen deprivation causing permanent and profound brain damage. Canzano's report revealed that OHSU benefits from rare and unusual protection from the state that caps malpractice damages at $200,000 per incident, a luxury not widely available to other entities in the state of

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, according to documents obtained by the reporter."Report: OHSU benefits from tort cap" (September 1, 2008). ''The Oregonian'', Staff Reports, p. A2. Canzano, a 16-time regional

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nominee, won an Emmy Award in 2008 in the category "Human Interest" for her investigative piece on the struggle of a homeless high school student. In 2012, Canzano won a second Emmy Award, this time in the category of "Crime Reporting." In 2003, Canzano's in-depth coverage of the murder of two

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teenagers, Miranda Gaddis and Ashley Pond, and the investigation into their deaths helped earn KATU an Edward R. Murrow Award for Continuing Coverage. "Casualties of War," a documentary she co-produced and wrote in 2005, was honored with a 1st place

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(AP) award for news writing."KATU reporter wins AP award for war documentary" (Sept. 5, 2006). ''The Oregonian'', Staff Reports, p. C2. Canzano also won 1st place in the 2009 and 2008 Associated Press Awards in the Best Hard News Coverage categories, as well as the 2007, 2006, and 2005 Best Writing category. She has also won 1st place awards in Best

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, documentary and feature categories, for Oregon, from the AP. Canzano, born in

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, began working as a reporter for KATU in 1999, later becoming one of the station's regular weekend news

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in 2003. She continued serving in that position until December 2016, when she announced on-air and via

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that she was moving to another Portland television station.

announced in January 2017 that it hired Canzano away from KATU.

Acting and voice-over work

In 2021, Canzano was featured as a news reporter in the

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television series ''The Girl in the Woods'', a

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production. In 2018, Canzano played a news reporter named "Caitlin Marsdale" in the

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series

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. She has also worked as voice-over talent on a variety projects including Nike's Dream FurtherDream Further
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's Robocop campaign and

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music video, a charity single released on April 19, 2019, three days before

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, featuring vocals from more than 30 artists.

The Bald-Faced Truth Foundation

In 2009, Anna Song co-founded The Bald Faced Truth Foundation, a non-profit, all-volunteer organization that aims to fund extracurricular activities for kids. The foundation offers grants to children who hope to participate in the areas of arts, music, drama, education, athletics and other enriching extracurricular activities.

Personal life

In July 2010, she married

John Canzano John Canzano is an American sports columnist, radio talk show host on Portland's 750 AM "The Game". The show is also syndicated in Eugene. and Klamath Falls, Oregon. From 2002 to 2022, he was the lead sports columnist at ''The Oregonian'' and a ...

, then a sports columnist for ''

'' and afternoon-drive radio show host at 750AM. Following the marriage, she changed her professional name from Anna Song to Anna Canzano. They have three children.

References

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