ALISON
SMITH
Alison Smith is a Washington correspondent
for CBC Television News.
Alison
Smith is one of the CBC’s best known and respected journalists
and has played an important role as an anchor and reporter in the network’s
coverage of major news events at home and abroad.
Most recently she was the host of CBC News: Morning the network’s
flagship morning news and information program on CBC Television and CBC
Newsworld. Her tenure there began with the war in Iraq and Smith launched
the network’s comprehensive coverage of the Iraq conflict as well
as the SARS outbreak, and the Columbia shuttle disaster.
She has also reported and anchored live coverage on a wide range of major
international stories including the attacks of September 11th, the Pope’s
visits to Canada, and his funeral in Rome, the death of Princess Diana,
the Athens Olympics, the 60th Anniversary Commemoration of the Liberation
of Auschwitz, and the liberation celebrations in Holland, as well as elections
in Israel and South Africa.
She has reported from every province and territory in Canada and has covered federal and provincial politics for more than 25 years.
Smith’s television news career began in 1977. She worked as a reporter in the CBC Toronto newsroom, moving to the National in 1982 where she worked as a national reporter and assignment editor. She was on the air the CBC Newsworld launched in 1989, and went on to host CBC Newsmagazine, The Lead, Newsworld Reports, and CBC News Morning.
Smith was born and raised in Osoyoos, British Columbia and was educated at the University of British Columbia and Ryerson Polytechnic University.
She is also the recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Okanagan University College.