Janis Mackey Frayer
Janis Mackey Frayer (born 1970) is a Canadian journalist with CTV National News. She is currently Asia Bureau Chief based in Beijing. She was the network's Middle East Bureau Chief in Jerusalem from 2003-2009 and South Asia Bureau Chief in New Delhi from 2009-2013.
Frayer studied international relations and French at the University of Toronto, where she was initiated into Alpha Omicron Pi fraternity's Beta Tau chapter.
Her career began at CFOS Radio in Owen Sound, Ontario and at age 19 she worked at YTV. She was later a financial news anchor with BNN and wrote a regular business column for The Globe and Mail newspaper.
Frayer was awarded the United Nations/UNDPI Gold Medal at the 2010 New York Festivals[1] and also won World Gold in the category of Human Interest, and has since served as a member of the Grand Jury. She has earned two Gemini Award nominations for Best Reportage and two RTNDA Awards for News.
She is married to photojournalist Kevin Frayer.