Laura Lynch is a Canadian television and radio journalist for

CBC News CBC News is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca ...

, who hosts

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’s weekly show ''

What on Earth What on Earth may refer to: * ''What on Earth!'' (film), a 1966 National Film Board of Canada animated short co-directed by Les Drew and Kaj Pindal * ''What on Earth'' (Canadian game show), a Canadian quiz and talk show series which aired on CBC ...

''. Previously, she was a frequent guest host of CBC Radio's daily morning news program '' The Current''."Matt Galloway set to take over as host of CBC Radio’s The Current". ''

The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...

'', October 25, 2019. After studying law at the

University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary insti ...

and journalism at

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning Wo ...

, she began her career with the CBC as a legal affairs reporter covering stories in the

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and the

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.Jennifer Quinn, "CBC reporter wins fellowship ; Goodman prize pays for a year at Harvard". ''

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'', May 25, 1999. She won the

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's award for Excellence in Legal Journalism, and was nominated for a

Jack Webster Award Jack Webster Awards are a series of yearly industry awards presented by the Jack Webster Foundation for outstanding achievement in journalism in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The awards were established in 1986 by the foundation and ...

, for her reporting on the Supreme Court case '' R v O'Connor''."3 Sun reporters in finals for Webster awards". ''

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'', September 1, 1999. She received the Martin Wise Goodman Nieman Fellowship the same year, and spent a year studying

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Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of highe ...

. She was subsequently a foreign correspondent based in Washington, D.C., and London, as well as travelling to report from various international locations including

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is borde ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

, Israel,

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Ara ...

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and ...

, and

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

, before returning to Canada as a national affairs reporter in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. ...

. In addition to her appearances as a guest host of ''The Current'', she was the program's regular interim host in 2019, between the retirement of Anna Maria Tremonti and the debut of new host

Matt Galloway Matt Galloway (born 1970/1971) is a Canadian radio personality, who debuted in January 2020 as the host of '' The Current'' on CBC Radio One. Previously, he was the host of '' Metro Morning'' on the network's Toronto station CBLA-FM from 2010 to ...

in January 2020. She is currently the host of ''What on Earth'', a weekly CBC Radio show on environmental issues.

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