Piya Chattopadhyay

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Out in the Open (2016–2020)

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Piya Chattopadhyay ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|iː|ə|_|ˌ|tʃ|æ|t|ə|ˈ|p|æ|d|aɪ}}) is a Canadian journalist, currently host of The Sunday Magazine on CBC Radio One.

She is known for her work on CBC Radio,[http://orangeville.our-hometown.com/news/2013-10-31/Regional_News/CBCs_Piya_Chattopadhyay_doing_what_I_want_to_do.html CBC’s Piya Chattopadhyay: ‘doing what I want to do’], by Constance Scrafield; at the Orangeville Citizen; published October 31, 2013; retrieved May 1, 2014[http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/article/20121009/KAMLOOPS0101/121009848/0/kamloops/crowd-greets-cbc-staff-as-bureau-goes-on-air&template=JQMArticle Crowd greets CBC staff as bureau goes on air], by Jason Hewlett; at the Kamloops Daily News; published October 9, 2012; retrieved May 1, 2014[http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2013/November/senate_explores_future_financial_landscape.html Senate explores future financial landscape], by Paul Mayne, in Western News (University of Western Ontario); published November 21, 2013; retrieved May 1, 2014; "well-known radio and television personality, Piya Chattopadhyay, who is often a host on both CBC radio and TVO (...)" as well as on Fox News Radio,[http://www.bradfordtimes.ca/2011/03/31/the-adventure-continues The adventure continues...], by Denise Garrado; in the Bradford Times; published March 31, 2011; retrieved May 1, 2014 and TVOntario.[http://about.tvo.org/blog/we-help-people-understand-world/tvo-welcomes-piya-chattopadhyay-agenda-steve-paikin TVO welcomes Piya Chattopadhyay to The Agenda with Steve Paikin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502021242/http://about.tvo.org/blog/we-help-people-understand-world/tvo-welcomes-piya-chattopadhyay-agenda-steve-paikin |date=2014-05-02 }} at TVOntario; published April 20, 2011, retrieved May 1, 2014 Prior to launching The Sunday Magazine in 2020, she was the host of Out in the Open and had worked in broadcasting for more than 20 years, as a fill-in anchor and host on TVOntario and the CBC's radio and television networks, including on The Agenda, The Current, Q, The World at Six and Cross-Country Checkup, and previously as Fox News Radio's Middle East correspondent.

In 2010 she won the Gabriel Award for Do No Harm, her documentary about Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish.[http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/Desi-News-Corp/e-desi-news---july-2011/2011062901/31.html Arrival Lounge], in E-Desi News (page 31); published July 2011; retrieved May 1, 2014

Her weekly CBC Radio series Out in the Open debuted on May 28, 2016, and ran until June 28, 2020.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/candy-palmater-show-out-in-the-open-1.3583908 "CBC Radio to debut Out in the Open, The Candy Palmater Show"]. CBC News, May 16, 2016.

On June 8, 2020, it was announced that Chattopadhyay would be succeeding Michael Enright as host of CBC Radio's three-hour Sunday morning block of in-depth interviews and documentaries which was called Sunday Edition under Enright's tenure.{{cite news |title=Piya Chattopadhyay to host Sunday mornings on CBC Radio |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/chattopadhyay-s-first-show-will-be-sept-6-1.5602869 |accessdate=June 8, 2020 |work=CBC Radio |date=June 8, 2020}} The new programme, The Sunday Magazine, premiered on September 13, 2020.{{cite news |title=Join Piya Chattopadhyay as she launches The Sunday Magazine |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/join-piya-chattopadhyay-as-she-launches-the-sunday-magazine-1.5713180 |accessdate=September 6, 2020 |work=CBC News |date=September 6, 2020}}