Paula Todd

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Paula Todd
Nationality
Canadian
Education
)
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • lawyer
  • professor

Paula Todd is a

Seneca College.[1]

In 2012, Todd published a book about the Canadian serial killer

Arthur Ellis Award
for Best Crime Nonfiction respectively.

Education and career

In 1982, Todd had her BA in English from York University and LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1988.[2] She was called to the bar of the Law Society of Upper Canada (now known as Law Society of Ontario) in 1990.[3] As of 2019, she is licensed, non-practicing lawyer in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario.[4] After graduating in 1982, Todd was hired by the Toronto Star, where she worked as a reporter, feature writer, and political correspondent.[5] She also served as an editorial writer and a member of the editorial board.[5]

In 1996, she was hired by

TVOntario, where she along Steve Paikin, co-hosted the nightly Studio 2.[5] She also hosted and co-produced Person 2 Person with Paula Todd, an interview program which aired in 2000.[5]
Todd has worked for many broadcasting services including the
CTV News Channel, where she was an investigative reporter as well as hosted The Verdict with Paula Todd.[6] The debut episode of The Verdict was broadcast in Chicago on 15 March 2007,[7] and covered Black v. United States, the criminal fraud trial of Conrad Black.[2]

Todd has written for numerous publications, including

Law Times.[citation needed
]

Todd served as a judge for the National Newspaper Awards, the Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) Awards, is a National Magazine Award nominee, and won the Paramedic Association's Media Award for public education. She is a literacy advocate, and served on the Board of Directors of Integra, an organization that assists children and teens with learning disabilities, a cause she supports.[8]

She served on the board of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, and is the author of the book A Quiet Courage: Inspiring Stories from All of Us which was published in 2004. It was based on Person 2 Person.[9]

A frequent contributor to radio and television before joining TVO, Todd was a regular host on

Global TV and CBC panelist, and also as a political analyst for CBC Radio in Toronto and Ottawa. Her contract with CTV News began on 1 March 2007.[10]

Writing

In 2012, Todd wrote a book chronicling her search for and eventual discovery of Karla Homolka several years after Homolka had been released from prison.[11]

In 2014,

Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Non-Fiction in 2015.[13]

Works

Notes

  1. ^ "Paula Todd – Seneca – Toronto, Canada". senecacollege.ca.
  2. ^ a b York University 2007b.
  3. ^ York University 2007c, p. 22.
  4. ^ Law Society of Ontario.
  5. ^ a b c d York University 2007c.
  6. ^ CTV News 2007.
  7. ^ CBC News 2014.
  8. ^ International Dyslexia Association, Ontario branch 2009.
  9. ^ York University 2004.
  10. ^ York University 2007.
  11. ^ Ha 2012.
  12. ^ CBC Arts 2014.
  13. ^ CBC Arts 2015.

References

External links

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