Andrew Chang (born 15 December 1982) is a Canadian television journalist, best known as a co-anchor of

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's nightly flagship newscast '' The National''. Since 2022, he has hosted the CBC streaming news program ''About That''.

Early life

Chang was born on 15 December 1982 in

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and graduated from

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with a degree in journalism. He grew up speaking English in a family where his father spoke Cantonese and his mother spoke Mandarin. After moving to

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, he became fluent in French.

Broadcasting career

Chang joined the CBC in 2004 at CBC Montreal as a researcher. He was a part of CBC's broadcast team for the

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. From 2014 to 2017, he was anchor of CBC Vancouver's ''News at 6''. For this work, he won the Best News Anchor, Local award at the

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in 2016 and 2018. On 1 August 2017, he was named co-host of '' The National''. In June 2022, the CBC announced that Chang would be stepping away from ''The National'', and moving to host a new daily program for the CBC's forthcoming streaming news service.David Friend
"CBC makes changes at ‘The National’ ahead of free streaming channel launch"
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'', June 30, 2022. His program, ''About That'', features him delving in more depth into one particular topic or issue in the news in each episode, and launched on CBC News Explore on November 30, 2022.Noel Ransome
"CBC launches free ad-supported streaming channel CBC News Explore"
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'', November 30, 2022.

References

External links

CBC biography
* 1982 births Living people 21st-century Canadian journalists Canadian journalists of Chinese descent Canadian Screen Award winning journalists Canadian television news anchors Carleton University alumni CBC Television people Journalists from Ottawa {{Canada-journalist-stub