Kady O'Malley is a Canadian
political journalist, currently a writer for the digital political newspaper ''
iPolitics''.
Formerly with ''
The Hill Times'' and then ''
Maclean's'' magazine, she moved to
CBC News
CBC News is the 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 ...
as author of the "Inside Politics" blog and became a frequent guest on
CBC Radio,
CBC News Network and
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV, or simply CBC) is a Television in Canada, Canadian English-language terrestrial television, broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcasting, p ...
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 (journalist), William Harris, it was renamed the ''Ci ...
'' 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, it is roughly east of Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Ontario Highway 6, ...
,
Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...
but grew up in
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...
where her father, Peter O'Malley, worked as communications director for
New Democratic Party leader
Ed Broadbent and her mother worked as a government economist.
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References
Canadian political journalists
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation people
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Writers from Ottawa
Journalists from Ottawa
Writers from Guelph
Canadian women television journalists
Canadian television reporters and correspondents
Canadian radio reporters and correspondents
Canadian women radio journalists
Canadian women bloggers
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