Kirthana Sasitharan

About

I am a CBC News Reporter, Producer, and Newsreader. My previous experience includes travelling Ontario, working in various community newsrooms including CBC Hamilton, CBC Kitchener-Waterloo, CBC Thunder Bay, and CBC Sudbury. I've also worked on the TV side of things at News Network, Marketplace, and our in house investigative unit. My experience outside of the CBC includes working for Business in Vancouver, the United Nations Association of Canada and Editor in Chief of Ignite Magazine. I have extensive research and editing skills. I can produce content in a timely and efficient fashion, with accuracy, diversity, and creativity in mind. I have produced and reported stories for Web, radio, and TV.I am also a content producer having co-produced and managed a diversity oriented series for CBC Toronto called Boldly Asian. I've also produced, reported, and marketed another series focused on the diversity of Toronto communities and perspectives called Rediscovering Culture. I have supported large scale national projects and overseen series tailored to local and national audiences. I have extensive project management experience.I think very quick on my feet, produce accurate and concrete end results, and have sustained a career at a national media company with extensive experience working in a variety of fields.