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Marci Ien
Born (1969-07-29) July 29, 1969 (age 55)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Journalist, television host
Known forCo-host of The Social, former news anchor for Canada AM

Marci Ien (born July 29, 1969) is a Canadian broadcast journalist for CTV.[1] She has been a co-host on the CTV daytime talk show The Social since 2017.[2] Previously, she was a reporter for CTV News and a co-anchor on the CTV morning program Canada AM. She was a cast member of kids show in earlier life.

Originally one of the children on the Crossroads program Circle Square,[3] Ien studied journalism at Ryerson University.[3] She began her career at CHCH-TV in Hamilton, Ontario in 1991 as a news writer and general assignment reporter.[3] In 1995 she began reporting from Queen's Park in Toronto, with her reports appearing both on CHCH's local news and on WIC's national newscast Canada Tonight.[3] In 1997 she moved to CTV as a reporter for CTV Atlantic, covering major stories including the crash of Swissair Flight 111 off Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia.[3]

In 1995, Ien won a Radio Television Digital News Association Award for her news serial Journey to Freedom, a look at the Underground Railroad.[3] In 2008, she was the recipient of the Black Business and Professional Association Harry Jerome Award in the media category.[3] In 2014, she was granted the Planet Africa Award for excellence in media. In 2015, Ien garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination in the Best Host category for her work on Canada AM. In 2016, she was honoured with an African Canadian Achievement Award for her journalistic achievements.

Personal life

Ien is a Black Canadian[3] of Trinidadian descent.[1] She has two children, Blaize, and Dash, with her husband Lloyd Exeter .[1]

Ien was once romantically linked with, and had been engaged to, Canadian rapper and actor Maestro Fresh-Wes.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Rushowy, Kristin (23 November 2012). "Canada AM host Marci Ien inspired to call son Dash thanks to her own father's motivational story". thestar.com.
  2. ^ "Former 'Canada AM' host Marci Ien new co-host of 'The Social' | Toronto Sun". 29 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Marci Ien. Who's Who in Black Canada, January 4, 2011.
  4. ^ "Maestro Gets Engaged". ChartAttack.com, June 13, 2000.
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