CBC News has announced that broadcaster Colleen Jones will be posthumously inducted into the CBC News Hall of Fame.
Jones, who had a more than three-decade career with the public broadcaster, passed away last November at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer. She had worked with CBC since 1986, initially with CBC Nova Scotia as a sportscaster on First Edition with Jim Nunn and Susan Ormiston. She went on to join CBC Newsworld in the early ’90s as the early morning weather presenter and sports reporter, in addition to covering 11 Olympic Games, among many other sporting events. She later reported for CBC Nova Scotia from 2012, up until her retirement in April 2023.
Jones concurrently had a career as a World Champion curler, including two world titles and the Canadian and World Senior Women’s Curling Championships.
“Colleen brought the same boundless energy, enthusiasm, discipline and work ethic to her journalism that she brought to her curling career,” said Brodie Fenlon, General Manager and Editor-in-Chief of CBC News. “She was the brightest of lights, on screen and off, and an inspiration to so many in the newsroom.”
The CBC News Hall of Fame was established in 2015 to honour individuals who have demonstrated a lasting impact on the CBC and Canadian journalism. Jones joins previous inductees Knowlton Nash, Joe Schlesinger, Barbara Frum, Trina McQueen, Peter Stursberg, Matthew Halton, Ernest Tucker, Rassi Nashalik, Ann Medina, Adrienne Clarkson, and Michael D’Souza.
