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Global Montreal’s Karen Macdonald to receive RTDNA Canada Lifetime Achievement Award

Connie Thiessen
Connie Thiessen
Karen Macdonald, news director and station manager for Global Montreal, will receive RTDNA Canada's Lifetime Achievement Award in the Central Region.

Karen Macdonald, news director and station manager for Global Montreal, will receive RTDNA Canada’s Lifetime Achievement Award in the Central Region.

Macdonald, a 1985 graduate of Concordia University, started her career with the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. She remained with the paper for 25 years, the last 14 as its publisher.

She joined Canwest in 1997 and has held roles from reporting and anchoring to running master control and operations, in addition to her current role as news director and station manager.

Macdonald joins this year’s other Lifetime Achievement Award recipient in the Central Region – former CTV News VP Joanne MacDonald. They’ll receive their awards at the RTDNA President’s Reception on May 10 in Toronto.

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Connie Thiessen
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Connie has worked coast-to-coast as a reporter, editor, anchor and host at CKNW and News 1130 in Vancouver, News 95.7 and CBC in Halifax, and CFCW Edmonton, among other stations. With a passion for music, film and community service, she led News 95.7 to a 2013 Atlantic Journalism Award and regional RTDNA award for Best Radio Newscast. More recently, she was nominated for Music Journalist of the Year at Canadian Music Week 2019. To report a typo or error please email - [email protected]

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