Erica Johnson is a Canadian broadcast journalist who currently hosts the TV series ''Go Public'', and formerly hosted ''

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'' on CBC Television. Johnson was born in

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. A graduate of

Ryerson Polytechnical Institute Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU or Toronto Met) is a public research university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District, although it also operates facilities elsewhere in Toro ...

(now Toronto Metropolitan University) in

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, Johnson began her journalism career in

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in 1987, working at several private radio stations, including Vancouver's CKO and Toronto's

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. In 1990, she began her CBC career as a radio news reporter for the local Toronto affiliate CBL. Johnson moved from radio to CBC Television in 1993, creating and reporting on ''The Health Show''. She then returned to Vancouver to become a news reporter and anchor for the Vancouver affiliate

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. Her specialty areas included media and health reporting, with a particular interest in the

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industry. Johnson joined ''Marketplace'' as a reporter, and eventually became the Vancouver co-host of the program alongside

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in Toronto. Johnson has won numerous awards, including several Jack Webster Awards, RTNDA Awards, a Gabriel, a Freddie Award and a 2011

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for best host of an information series. She has also been nominated for four Gemini awards as Best Host or Interviewer in a News/Information Program, as well as

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for Best News or Information Segment at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards and Best National News Reporter at the

7th Canadian Screen Awards The 7th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 31, 2019, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2018.

.Brent Furdyk
"Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Non-Fiction TV Programming: The Complete List Of Winners"
''

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'', March 26, 2019.

References

External links

Erica Johnson's biography
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