Cheryl McKenzie

Cheryl McKenzie is a Canadian broadcast journalist, Host and Producer of Anishinabek and Cree descent. She is best known as the host of the Aboriginal People’s Television Network’s half hour nightly news show APTN National News, and the talk Show InFocus.[1]

Early life

Both McKenzie's parents are residential school survivors.[2][3]

They are from the Hollow Water and Peguis First Nations in Manitoba.[4]

Cheryl McKenzie a grew up in Winnipeg, but frequently visited family on her parents' reserves.[5] Cheryl's first career was as a chef. She worked in Winnipeg's #1 ranked restaurant, Amici, when she was still a teenager, aged 19. The grueling work schedule proved difficult after Cheryl became a single mother, and so she returned to school at the University of Winnipeg.[6]

McKenzie originally enrolled in political science, but was frustrated that the course excluded indigenous peoples. She switched her major and graduated with a degree in Philosophy in 1998.[7]

Career

CBC Radio

Cheryl briefly interned at CBC radio Winnipeg in 2000.[8] The internship ended after 10 months when the funding ran out. Also, her superiors at CBC told her they didn't think she would be successful as a journalist.[9]

APTN

In 2001 Cheryl landed a job as a reporter at the Aboriginal People’s Television Network’s weekly news show, InVision, which was rebranded into APTN National News in 2003.[10]

In 2004 McKenzie earned award nominations at the Geminis and the Canadian Association of Broadcasters for an investigative series of reports into the lives of First Nations people who became ill and in some cases died from asbestos-related illness after their homes were contaminated by the Department of Aboriginal Affairs.[11][12]

APTN Daytime

In July 2005 McKenzie was promoted to Host/Producer for the launch of APTN National News: Daytime a second national half hour newscast. Announcing New Host and Producer For APTN National News.[13]

APTN Contact

McKenzie assumed the role of host producer on the APTN national call-in show Contact in 2007.[14]

APTN National News and InFocus

A new talk format show, APTN InFocus, replaced Contact in 2009, with McKenzie at the forefront as the host-producer. In the fall of 2014, InFocus reverted to a half hour show. Topics have included: suicide rates, addiction, mental health issues, low-income, community violence, high incarceration rates, and self-governance struggles.[15]

McKenzie reappeared on news, this time on the desk as a co-anchor with Michael Hutchison in 2012.[16]

References

  1. ↑ New Host and Producer For APTN National News in Broadcaster Magazine http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/new-host-and-producer-for-aptn-national-news/1001096853/
  2. ↑ Lauren McKeon “Leading the way” in J-source October 12, 2011 http://j-source.ca/article/leading-way
  3. ↑ Canadian Media Guild Building APTN to last in a changing Canada, Feb 27, 2013 http://www.cmg.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/CRTC-2013-19-APTNrenewal.pdf
  4. ↑ Announcing New Host and Producer For APTN National News Media Release http://www.aptn.ca/corporate/Media_Releases/media-releases-2012-04-23
  5. ↑ Lauren McKeon “Leading the way” in J-source October 12, 2011 http://j-source.ca/article/leading-way
  6. ↑ Lauren McKeon “Leading the way” in J-source October 12, 2011 http://j-source.ca/article/leading-way
  7. ↑ Lauren McKeon “Leading the way” in J-source October 12, 2011 http://j-source.ca/article/leading-way
  8. ↑ Linked in Profile Cheryl McKenzie https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheryl-mckenzie-395b9a10
  9. ↑ Lauren McKeon “Leading the way” in J-source October 12, 2011 http://j-source.ca/article/leading-way
  10. ↑ Linked in Profile Cheryl McKenzie https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheryl-mckenzie-395b9a10
  11. ↑ Canadian Media Guild In support of APTN’s license renewal May 2005 1 http://www.cmg.ca/In%20support%20of%20APTN's%20licence%20renewal.pdf
  12. ↑ Cheryl McKenzie - APTN Producer and Television Host in Native Trailblazers http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nativetrailblazers/2015/01/10/cheryl-mckenzie--aptn-producer-and-television-host
  13. ↑ "APTN Launches Fall Campaign" in Broadcaster Magazine 2005-10-07 http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/aptn-launches-fall-campaign/1000044993/
  14. ↑ Lee Rickwood "New Season Scores with Space and Sex Comedy Continues Amid Dramatic Dearth" in Broadcaster 2007-09-01 http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/new-season-scores-with-space-and-sex/1000215511/
  15. ↑ Lauren McKeon “Leading the way” in J-source October 12, 2011 http://j-source.ca/article/leading-way
  16. ↑ "APTN National News Unveils Fall Lineup" in Broadcaster Magazine 2012-08-28 http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/aptn-national-news-unveils-fall-lineup/1001650647/

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