Finlay, Mary Lou

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Finlay, Mary Lou

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        1947-

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        Mary Lou Finlay, radio and television journalist and author, was born in Ottawa. After graduating from the University of Ottawa with a BA in English and French literature, she worked as a researcher, writer, and events planner for the Canadian War Museum from 1967 to 1970. Finlay moved into current affairs programming on television in 1970 by serving as co-host of CBOT TV’s Four for the road in Ottawa, and hosted the station’s News hour at 6 from 1974 to 1975. She relocated to Toronto in 1975, co-hosting the newsmagazine television show Take Thirty with Paul Soles for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). She hosted her own show, Finlay and company, in 1976, and worked for CTV from 1978 to 1981 as co-host of Live it up!, a program devoted to lifestyle issues and consumer affairs. Finlay returned to the CBC in 1982, co-hosting The Journal with Barbara Frum for the program’s first year, then serving as its senior documentary maker until 1988. She also pursued academic studies in journalism through a fellowship with the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, 1985-1986. Finlay’s career shifted to CBC Radio in September 1988. She hosted the news and information program, Sunday morning, until 1994, when she became host of Now the details. She joined Barbara Budd as host and interviewer on As It happens, retired from CBC Radio in 2005, and documented her experiences with the program in her book, The As it happens files (Toronto: A.A. Knopf Canada, 2008). She received an honorary LL.D. from Dalhousie University in 2005, and the Meritas-Tabaret Award from the University of Ottawa in 2006. Finlay has served on the board of directors for the Institute for Research into Public Policy since 2009, and is a Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Democracy at Queen’s University in Kingston.

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        Created 22 April 2014

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          Heading:Finlay, Mary Lou
          Canadiana:1019H2266
          AMICUS No.:762373
          Heading Type:Name
          Source Data Found:Her The As it happened files, 2008. AA2.
          Source Data Found:CIP info. (Alfred A. Knopf Canada): (Canadian)

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