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Biography

D'Souza became interested in a career in television after being selected from Citytv's ''Lunch Television'' audience to perform the opening announcement on Queen Street. Prior to joining Citytv, D'Souza volunteered at Rogers Cable TV in Mississauga, his home town. He was chosen to host ''Plugged In!'' on

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. He was a production assistant with the CBC, a videographer at

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Toronto and for two years (2000-2002) in

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anchored the

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(

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) ''News at 11:30pm'' in Northern Ontario. At Toronto's Citytv, he co-anchored a weekend newscast with Merella Fernandez and co-anchored a noon newscast until that program was cut in January 2010. D'Souza anchored the 5 pm newscast from its inception in 2011 until May 2019. He also served as substitute anchor for morning program ''

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''. In June 2019 D’Souza joined CBC as Managing Editor of News Programming, overseeing the journalism, operation and strategic direction of ''The National'', ''World at 6'', ''World Report'', ''World this Weekend'', ''Front Burner'', and CBC News Specials.

Education

* B.A.A. 2000, Radio and Television Arts, Ryerson Polytechnic University D'Souza graduated from

Clarkson Secondary School Clarkson Secondary School is a high school in Clarkson community of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; designateWard 18by the Peel District School Board. Clarkson is an average school in both population (11th, at 866 students) and age (13th, built in ...

in 1996.

Awards

* 2019

Canadian Screen Award The Canadian Screen Awards (french: link=no, Les prix Écrans canadiens) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series ...

, Best Live News Special, City''News'' - #CityVote - The Debate * 2011

Gemini Award The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States ...

, Best Breaking Reportage, Local, City''News'' - G20 Summit

External links

References

City''News'': Francis D'Souza

Mississauga News: Francis D'Souza Gemini Award
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