Kady O'Malley is a Canadian political journalist, currently a writer for the digital political newspaper ''

iPolitics ''iPolitics'' is a Canadian digital newspaper, which covers stories in Canadian politics. The site was launched in 2010 by founding editor and publisher James Baxter, and offers daily coverage of political news, a quarterly print magazine, politic ...

''. Formerly with ''

The Hill Times ''The Hill Times'' is a Canadian twice-weekly newspaper and daily news website, published in Ottawa, Ontario, which covers the Parliament of Canada, the federal government, and other federal political news. Founded in 1989 by Ross Dickson and Jim ...

'' and then ''

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'' magazine, she moved to

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as author of the "Inside Politics" blog and became a frequent guest on

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and CBC Television commenting on parliamentary affairs. In June 2015, she left CBC and began working at the ''

Ottawa Citizen The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. History Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris, it was renamed the ''Citizen'' in 1851. The new ...

'' as a Parliament Hill and politics reporter with her work appearing primarily via the newspaper's smartphone application. Upon hiring her, the ''Citizen'' touted her as "Canada’s first mobile-focused political journalist". O'Malley was born in

Guelph Guelph ( ; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, Highway 7 and Wel ...

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but grew up in Ottawa where her father, Peter O'Malley, worked as communications director for New Democratic Party leader

Ed Broadbent John Edward "Ed" Broadbent (born March 21, 1936) is a Canadian social-democratic politician, political scientist, and chair of the Broadbent Institute, a policy thinktank. He was leader of the New Democratic Party from 1975 to 1989. In the 200 ...

and her mother worked as a government economist.

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