Beatrice Politi joined Global Toronto as Health Specialist in October 2007. Coincidentally, it was as a health intern at CBC Toronto that she began her career, researching and producing health segments.
Beatrice went on to become a reporter and anchor at CBC, where she covered national, local and network stories including the 2003 blackout, the Cecilia Zhang murder case and the 2003 Ontario election.
She also served as Parliamentary Reporter for CityTV, CP24 and A-Channel in Ottawa during the most exciting period in Canadian politics in the last quarter-century, covering federal and provincial elections, budgets and cabinet shuffles.
Beatrice is a graduate of both York University and Ryerson.
12 comments:
Chris McDonald
Francis I did my blog in video format. Here is the You Tube Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0aEoWyvgzI
Julian Lamprecht
I learned a lot from Beatrice Politi. Interestingly, she actually anchored The National on CBC for a day. Even though it was only for a day that is quite an accomplishment, especially for a woman. It was also interesting to learn that health reporters are given such low priority for cameras. Politi said it’s possible that you will not even have a camera until the afternoon.
According to her, the time I will be interning will undoubtedly be the most important part of my entire career. This is backed by the fact that Politi’s health internship at CBC made her a health reporter for most of her career afterward. Politi also said that people up in the management positions at the station might ask her for recommendations as to which of her interns are doing well, and if they could possibly take on a full-time job position afterward – one case being a number of editorial assistant positions open for the taking. Many of these jobs are not posted on job search websites, and thus requires inside knowledge.
One interesting fact I learned is that blogs are important places for information when researching stories. What I do have to watch out for regarding that however is since blog entries are not reviewed by anyone for accuracy; I could accidentally use a source that is not credible. The upside to reading blogs is that since they are not reviewed by anyone, they are instantly published and can be out there before any news articles. Overall, I am glad that Politi was able to come in on such short notice and gave some great advice, especially in regards to the importance of internships.
Here's my video blog. See you next class.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiqQc4fN-Ls
Natalie Zazulyk
Video Blog Format
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrkbxubORso
Jenelle Wilson
I did a video blog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Sf4_Yp_uA
Here is my video blog,
Thank you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OahFVd5PMTM
Alan Campbell
Beatrice Politi was a great speaker. Politi was a graduate of York University and Ryerson. She worked as a Health Intern at CBC and was very savvy to use her time wisely to soak up everything she learned. She provided our class with amazing advice when interning such as using our time wisely by always asking questions, researching, and conducting yourself as a professional. Frankly, if you ask me your always auditioning to leave a lasting impression. One thing that also stood out is that she's a tough cookie but that's why she so successful as a health reporter for GlobalTV. Being a woman in this industry it is imperative to stand out or else the next reporter may get your shine. Beatrice gave up her world in Sudbury to break out in Toronto by leaving her family and friends to achieve success in a bigger market. It was a great honor that Ms. Politi came out of her own time last week to speak with my peers to prepare us for our future in broadcasting. Thank you, Johanna Luna
Francis,
I did a video blog.
Here is the link!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhGzU4Z7W9Q
Thanks,
Abby Drimmie
Sorry Francis,
The previous link isn't working. This is the real link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBeN_9S3RPo
Fai Kanaan
So I didn't actually get the chance to meet Beatrice Politi, but from what I have read here on the site and the comments the rest of my class has left...Beatrice seems to be quite the reporter.
Not only did she anchor for The National on CBC for a day but she got into the industry with much help form her internship.
I read that she was a health intern at CBC Torono, and this hit off her career!
It's good to hear that her experience as an intern really helped her and got her into the profession of becoming a reporter.
It is mentioned in her bio that she started off researching and producing health segments.
I guess it's true- no matter what your doing even if your an anchor, reporter on air talent- YOU STILL HAVE TO RESEARCH! Sure I didn't expect being a journalist to be only about glamour and image... it really is not the most glamorous job when you really take a look at how hard you need to work, and how much much you need to do to actually "look" like it's glamorous or look like it's a piece of cake.
I'm sure Beatrice Politi can agree with me, that to earn a hard and admired job- you HAVE to work hard and even do the "dirty" work or work that includes digging and investigating.
After all, when you are under the public's eye- your credibility and loyalty to both your viewers and your network/station/workplace are being assessed and double checked.
I wish I had gotten the chance to meet her, but I did learn something from what I had read on her bio, and what the rest of my colleagues wrote and said about her.
Hope to hear from more guest speakers!
Best wishes and good-bye.
Fai.
Hello,
http://upload.youtube.com/my_videos_upload?feature=mhw4
thanks,
Jenette
here is the link again,
Jenette
http://www.youtube.com/user/jthefunk?feature=mhw5
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