Piya Chattopadhyay () is a

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journalist, currently host of '' The Sunday Magazine'' on

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. She is known for her work on

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,CBC’s Piya Chattopadhyay: ‘doing what I want to do’
by Constance Scrafield; at the Orangeville Citizen; published October 31, 2013; retrieved May 1, 2014 as well as on Fox News Radio, and

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.TVO welcomes Piya Chattopadhyay to The Agenda with Steve Paikin
at

; published April 20, 2011, retrieved May 1, 2014 Prior to launching ''The Sunday Magazine'' in 2020, she was the host of '' Out in the Open'' and had worked in broadcasting for more than 20 years, as a fill-in anchor and host on TVOntario and the CBC's radio and television networks, including on ''

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'', '' The Current'', '' Q'', '' The World at Six'' and '' Cross-Country Checkup'', and previously as Fox News Radio's

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correspondent. In 2010 she won the

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for ''Do No Harm'', her documentary about Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish.Arrival Lounge
in E-Desi News (page 31); published July 2011; retrieved May 1, 2014 Her weekly CBC Radio series ''Out in the Open'' debuted on May 28, 2016, and ran until June 28, 2020. On June 8, 2020, it was announced that Chattopadhyay would be succeeding Michael Enright as host of CBC Radio's three-hour Sunday morning block of in-depth interviews and documentaries which was called '' Sunday Edition'' under Enright's tenure. The new programme, ''The Sunday Magazine'', premiered on September 13, 2020.

Personal life

Chattopadhyay's parents emigrated to Canada from

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in 1967, and she was born in

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. She is married to fellow journalist Peter Armstrong, whom she met while both were working for the CBC.Office romance is good for business
by Jasmine Budak, in ''

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''; published May 7, 2012; retrieved May 1, 2014

References

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