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Erica Johnson is a Canadian broadcast journalist who currently hosts the TV series Go Public, and formerly hosted Marketplace on CBC Television.[1][2]

Johnson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. A graduate of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University) in Toronto, Johnson began her journalism career in radio in 1987, working at several private radio stations, including Vancouver's CKO and Toronto's CFRB. In 1990, she began her CBC career as a radio news reporter for the local Toronto affiliate CBL.

Johnson moved from radio to CBC Television in 1993, creating and reporting on The Health Show. She then returned to Vancouver to become a news reporter and anchor for the Vancouver affiliate CBUT. Her specialty areas included health and financial reporting, with a particular interest in social justice issues.

Johnson joined Marketplace as a reporter, and eventually became co-host of the program alongside Wendy Mesley in Toronto.[3]

Johnson has won numerous awards, including several Jack Webster Awards,[4] RTNDA Awards, a Gabriel, a Freddie Award and a 2011 Leo Award[5] for best host of an information series. She has also been nominated for four Gemini awards as Best Host or Interviewer in a News/Information Program,[6] as well as Canadian Screen Awards for Best News or Information Segment at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards and Best National News Reporter at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.[7]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000-2022 Marketplace Herself - Host 62 episodes
2022 The National Herself - Guest Host 2 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year Awards Category Nominated work Result
2008 Gemini Awards Best Lifestyle / Practical Information Segment Marketplace segment "Can't Buy Me Love" Nominated
2010 Leo Awards Best Host(s) in an Information or Lifestyle Series Marketplace episode: "Miracle Makers or Money Takers" Nominated
2011 Marketplace episode: "Cure or Con?" Won
2012 Marketplace Nominated
2014 2nd Canadian Screen Awards Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Erica Johnson joins CBC's Go Public reporting team". CBC News. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  2. ^ Smith, Charlie (5 December 2013). "CBC Marketplace investigator Erica Johnson hasn't lost her zeal for exposing scams". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  3. ^ "CBC-TV shuffles its news and current affairs personalities". Welland Tribune, September 24, 2002.
  4. ^ "Vancouver Postmedia reporters take home Webster awards". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Leo Awards 2011 red carpet: Scott brothers agree they're the hottest dudes". The Georgia Straight. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  6. ^ Carley Fortune, "Gemini Award nominations announced: Flashpoint, chef Lynn Crawford, Top Model host Jay Manuel among nominees". Toronto Life, August 31, 2010.
  7. ^ Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Non-Fiction TV Programming: The Complete List Of Winners". ET Canada, March 26, 2019.

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