Rita Celli (born 1969 in Sudbury,

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) is a

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radio journalist, who was the host of '' Ontario Today'' on

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's stations in

from 2006 to 2023. Born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario, she graduated from

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’s journalism program in 1991. Prior to ''Ontario Today'', she held a number of positions at CBC on both radio and television, including anchor of CBOT-DT's supper-hour newscast. In 2000, she and a team of CBC journalists won an investigative award from the Canadian Association of Journalists. In 2014, Celli was awarded the Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Investigative Journalism.James Bradshaw, "Toronto Star wins public-service journalism award for Ford investigation". ''

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'', June 11, 2014.

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Living people Canadian people of Italian descent Canadian radio news anchors Canadian talk radio hosts Canadian television news anchors Canadian television reporters and correspondents Carleton University alumni CBC Radio hosts CBC Television people Journalists from Greater Sudbury Canadian women radio journalists Canadian women television journalists Canadian women radio hosts 1969 births {{Canada-journalist-stub