TORONTO -- Veteran Canadian broadcast journalist Wendy Mesley will receive the 2006 ACTRA John Drainie Award at the upcoming Banff World Television Festival, organizers said Tuesday. Mesley, who began work as a radio reporter before moving to TV with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. in 1979, was a star parliamentary correspondent for the public broadcaster during the 1980s. Her CBC credits since include anchoring Sunday Report and co-hosting Undercurrents, an investigative news magazine series.
- 5/16/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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