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Leading Canadian journalists who worked their way up the broadcasting ladder in Canada and the U.S.:

Gillian Findlay A British Columbia Institute of Technology graduate of journalism and a Simon Fraser University graduate of history and literature, Findlay is best known for her eight years working as a correspondent in the Middle East for ABC news. She returned to Canada to co-host CBC News: Disclosure in 2002. She now works for CBC's the fifth estate, returning to the job she left in the early 1990s.

Sheila MacVicar Born in Montreal, MacVicar graduated from Carlton University with a degree in journalism, and went to ABC in 1990. There, she spent 11 years as a London-based correspondent. She began working for CNN in 2001 and now works for CBS in London.

Richard Gizbert A graduate of Algonquin College in Ontario, Gizbert spent five years as a parliamentary correspondent in Ottawa and won a National Newspaper Award for breaking news. He joined ABC news in London in 1993. His reporting has focused on international stories, including conflicts in Iraq and the Middle East.

John Roberts Roberts, attended the University of Toronto and joined CBS in the early 1990s. Before that he was co-anchor of Canada AM and a correspondent for several broadcasts for CITY-TV in Toronto. He is now CBS News' chief White House correspondent and touted to replace Dan Rather.

Jeffrey Kofman A graduate of Queen's University in Kingston, Kofman got his start at Global Television in Toronto in 1982. He spent 11 years at the CBC before becoming a news reporter at CBS, and then at ABC. He recently became the subject of a media furor after a story about the low morale of U.S. troops caused the White House to allegedly start a smear campaign against him, targeting both his Canadian heritage and sexual orientation.

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