Asha Tomlinson is a Canadian television journalist, currently one of the hosts ofCBC Television's consumer affairs newsmagazine seriesMarketplace. She is a two-timeCanadian Screen Award winner for Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series for her work onMarketplace, winning the award at the7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 and at the9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.[1]
Originally from theToronto suburb ofScarborough, Ontario, and of Jamaican descent, Tomlinson studied journalism at theUniversity of Windsor.[2] She has worked as a reporter for various television stations across Canada, and as an anchor forCBC News Network, before being named anchor of the 6 p.m. newscast onCBET-DT, Windsor's CBC station, in 2013.[2] She joined the staff ofMarketplace in 2015.
In 2020 she was the host ofBeing Black in Canada, a one-hour special devoted to news and documentary reporting onBlack Canadian political and cultural issues.[3] Since summer 2021, she has been regularly featured as a guest anchor of CBC's main nightly newscastThe National.
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