Mark Kelley is a Canadian television journalist, associated with

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. Formerly a correspondent and substitute anchor for '' The National'' and a host of '' CBC News: Morning'', he hosted '' Connect with Mark Kelley'' on

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from 2009 to 2012, and joined the newsmagazine '' the fifth estate'' in 2012.

Education and career

A graduate of

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, the fluently bilingual Kelley began reporting from within Quebec in the 1980s before joining

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in 1990. From 2002 to 2004, he was co-host of the investigative journalism show '' CBC News: Disclosure'' with Diana Swain. Recently, Kelley has moved away from being a regular reporter to focusing on

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and

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, making a series of ongoing stories on '' The National''. His focus is often on issues of

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. Among his recent projects of this type were reports on the aftermath of the

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and a series of reports from the

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where he tried to get an insight into the growing anti-

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feelings there. He also made a series of reports where he sought to break down Canadian national

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by accompanying Canadians with prejudices about certain people or

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to visit them. In November 2006, he began a series called "7" where he would spend seven days in someone else's shoes, such as a teacher at British Columbia's most troubled high school. Kelley has won several

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s for his work."CBC Announces New Member of Fifth Estate On-Air Team"
''Broadcaster'', July 12, 2012.

References

External links

Author page for CBC Fifth Estate Investigative Team -- Harvey Cashore, Rachel Ward and Mark Kelley

CBC Media Centre -- Mark Kelley

Mark Kelley biography from CBC.ca
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