Natasha Staniszewski
{{Short description|Canadian sports reporter (born 1978)}}
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Natasha Staniszewski (born May 25, 1978) is a Canadian sports reporter and media host for the Calgary Flames and Calgary Stampeders. She is a former anchor on SportsCentre, TSN's flagship news and information show.{{cite web |title=Natasha Staniszewski |url=https://www.tsn.ca/talent/natasha-staniszewski-1.57263 |website=TSN.ca}}
Broadcasting career
Staniszewski began her career in 2006 as a news reporter at CTV Yorkton in Saskatchewan, before moving to sports reporting at CTV Prince Albert.{{cite web |title=Sportscaster Natasha Staniszewski Signs with One Eleven Management Group |url=https://oneelevenmg.com/sportscaster-natasha-staniszewski-signs-with-one-eleven-management-group/ |publisher=One Eleven Management Group |date=March 26, 2018}} In 2007, she relocated to CTV Saskatoon as the station's sports anchor and reporter, covering the WHL and university athletics.{{cite web |title=Natasha Staniszewski – Canada In A Day |url=https://canadainaday.ca/ambassadors/natasha-staniszewski |website=canadainaday.ca |date=September 10, 2019}}
Two years later, Staniszewski returned to CTV Edmonton in 2009, where she covered the Edmonton Oilers, the Edmonton Eskimos and the 2010 Grey Cup, and anchored the station's top-rated nightly and weekend sportscasts. After covering the 2010 Grey Cup, TSN vice-president Mark Melliere was looking for someone to fill Jennifer Hedger's anchor position while she left for maternity leave.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/edmonton-journal/20110905/281500747963694|title=|via=PressReader|accessdate=20 November 2023}} Staniszewski eventually co-hosted the weekend SportsCentre alongside Bryan Mudryk following Holly Horton's departure in 2011. Soon after, she moved over to the morning SportsCentre co-hosting with Kate Beirness, becoming the first regular female duo to anchor the show.{{cite web |title=Alberta Media Personality — Natasha Staniszewski, Edmonton-born Co-Host at TSN SportsCentre |url=https://mediamag.ca/2016/12/10/alberta-media-personality-natasha-staniszewski-edmonton-born-co-host-at-tsn-sportscentre/ |website=mediamag.ca |date=December 10, 2016}} She then anchored SportsCentre regularly with another female, Lindsay Hamilton, and the female duo acted as the alternative morning show to SC with Jay and Dan.
On February 4, 2021 after 10 years at TSN, Staniszewski was let go as part of a series of layoffs at Bell Media.{{cite web |url=https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/sports/news/Sports/Dan_O_Toole_Natasha_Staniszewski_and_Brent_Wallace_let_go_by_TSN_as_part_of_Bell_Media_layoffs/ |title=Dan O'Toole, Natasha Staniszewski and Brent Wallace let go by TSN as part of Bell Media layoffs |work=Kelowna Now |date=4 February 2021 |access-date=10 February 2021}} On March 8, 2022, it was announced that she had been hired by Calgary Sports and Entertainment as a media host for the Calgary Flames and Calgary Stampeders.{{cite web |title=Alberta Media Personality — Natasha Staniszewski, Edmonton-born Co-Host at TSN SportsCentre |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/natasha-staniszewski-new-host-flames-tv |publisher=Daily Hive |date=March 9, 2022}}
Personal life
Staniszewski was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, and is of Polish descent.
She was an athlete growing up, excelling in basketball and volleyball, won a provincial title in volleyball in high school. She then earned a business degree from the University of Alberta but decided at the age of 26 that she did not want to pursue a career in business, but rather a career as a sports broadcaster. She went on to complete her broadcasting degree at NAIT in Edmonton.
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Category:Canadian women television journalists
Category:Canadian people of Polish descent
Category:Canadian television sportscasters