Danielle McGimsie Graham (born 1980) is a Canadian

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, best known for her work on CTV's etalk. She co-anchored the show along with Tyrone Edwards with

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and Traci Melchor as correspondents until being laid off by Bell Media in March 2022.

Early life

McGimsie was born October 21, 1980, and raised in

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, Canada. She attended Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology in

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graduating with a diploma in Radio and Television Broadcasting.

Career

In 2001, Graham got her start as an intern in the

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Toronto newsroom and was later hired on as a floor director for the weekend news. Graham hosted YTV's, The Hit List, for four years before becoming an entertainment reporter for

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in 2005. Graham has also reported daily entertainment news on A-Channel News at Six and A-Channel News at 11. Graham officially joined etalk in 2007 as an entertainment reporter and interviewed notable celebrities such as

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, Sarah Furguson,

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and

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. Graham has covered numerous film festivals, premieres and awards shows which includes the

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, and the

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. She frequently contributes for various

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programs such as

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, ''Toronto's Breaking News''

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and its morning news program

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, and CTV News Channel. In 2013, she was promoted to senior reporter for etalk until in 2015 she succeeded

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as co-anchor. Graham has traveled around the world for etalk to report the latest entertainment news, from festivals to set visits on films. She has reported from the

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's post-

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Party,

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nomination day and

after parties. McGimsie has interviewed, on location, the casts of the films ''

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'' in

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, ''

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'' in

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, and ''

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'' in

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. She also traveled to

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for the ''

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'' premiere. In 2022, she filed a lawsuit against Bell Media, owners of CTV's etalk, alleging she was fired in retaliation for challenging gender discrimination against women, including being skipped over for promotion, getting less pay, fewer perks and more requests for free work.

Personal life

In 2014, she married Randall Graham, the creative director of

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. She has 1 daughter Beatrix Barbara Graham (born July 1, 2016) and another daughter named Marigold James Graham (born January 5, 2020).

References

External links

CTV.ca

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Danielle 1980 births Living people Canadian women television journalists Journalists from Ontario People from Guelph CTV Television Network people Canadian women non-fiction writers Writers from Ontario Canadian arts journalists Seneca College alumni