Tina Srebotnjak is a

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radio and television journalist.

Background

She was born in

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and moved to Canada with her parents as a child, growing up in

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. She was educated at the

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, studying

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and

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, and at

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, studying

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. Srebotnjak is married to CBC journalist Brian Stewart.

Career in radio

She joined the

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as a researcher in 1976, and covered the

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for the network. She subsequently returned to

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to work as a studio director for '' Morningside''.

Career in television

Srebotnjak left

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and moved over to

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, joining ''

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'' as an entertainment reporter and later succeeding

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as cohost of the program in 1992. When ''Midday'' ended its run in 2000, Srebotnjak moved to

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, where she has hosted cultural programming including the (now-defunct) book series ''

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''. Her short story "Becoming Canadian" was published in the book ''The First Man in My Life: Daughters Write About Their Fathers'' by Sandra Martin. She worked in the communications and marketing department of the

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, from 2007 to 2014.https://ca.linkedin.com/in/tina-srebotnjak-69b35224

References

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