Rosemary Barton
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- The National (2017–2020)
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Rosemary Barton (born May 31, 1976){{Cite tweet|number=472464284531032064|user=RosieBarton|title=It's tomorrow. But early cake! RT @OttawaReporter: Happy Birthday to our awesome Friday host @rosiebarton! #pnpcbc}}{{Cite web|date=2017-08-01|title=A glimpse at the careers of the new hosts of 'The National' - CityNews Toronto|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2017/08/01/a-glimpse-at-the-careers-of-the-new-hosts-of-the-national/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=toronto.citynews.ca}} is a Canadian political journalist,{{cite news|last1=Vallis|first1=Mary|title=Journalists in spotlight on budget day|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/journalists-in-spotlight-on-budget-day|accessdate=February 15, 2021|work=National Post|date=March 4, 2010}} currently serving as the chief political correspondent for CBC. In this role, she anchors her own Sunday morning news show, Rosemary Barton Live, hosts the "At Issue" segment on The National, and leads special coverage for the network including during elections, breaking news and national emergencies.
Barton anchored CBC's election coverage during the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections, following the retirement of Peter Mansbridge, including one-on-one interviews with the federal party leaders.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Barton led CBC's coverage of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's daily press briefings{{Cite news|last=Grenier|first=Éric|date=May 29, 2020|title=Why the PM's daily briefings have worked — and why we might see fewer of them soon|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-pm-press-conferences-1.5587214|access-date=December 21, 2021}} from March to July 2020, in which he spoke directly to Canadians and took questions from journalists about the state of the pandemic and newly announced government support programs including the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) and targeted support programs.
Early career
Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba,{{Cite news|date=August 16, 1997|title=The young, the mild and the mutually respectful: Delegates to national-unity conference emerge with deeper understanding of opponents' points of view|work=Montreal Gazette|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79536093/|via=Newspapers.com}} Barton began working in journalism as a researcher for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's French-language news network RDI[http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rosemary-barton-permanent-host-1.3390135 "Rosemary Barton named permanent host of CBC's Power & Politics"]. CBC News, January 5, 2016. before becoming a National Assembly of Quebec correspondent for Global News."TV debate saved Charest campaign". Montreal Gazette, April 15, 2003. She rejoined the CBC in 2004, initially in the same role as a provincial political correspondent she held at Global, before transferring to the national Parliament Hill bureau in 2007."The new National: All this standing is making me tired". The Globe and Mail, October 28, 2009.
She began appearing on Power & Politics in 2011 as the program's main substitute host.
Host of ''Power & Politics''
File:Secretary Kerry Sits With CBC Host Barton Before Interview in Advance of State Visit of Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau to Washington (25357990160).jpg John Kerry in 2016]]
Following the dismissal of Evan Solomon by the CBC in 2015, Barton became interim host of Power & Politics. Her interview style was lauded by fellow journalists,{{cite news|last1=Ferenc|first1=Leslie|title=CBC's Rosemary Barton making mark on Power & Politics|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2015/12/28/cbcs-rosemary-barton-making-mark-on-power-politics.html|accessdate=March 24, 2016|work=Toronto Star|date=December 28, 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Westwood|first1=Rosemary|title=Rosemary Barton proved herself during long election campaign|url=http://www.metronews.ca/views/metro-views/2016/01/11/rosemary-barton-proved-herself-during-election-campaign.html|accessdate=March 24, 2016|work=Metro News|date=January 11, 2016|archive-date=April 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406073110/http://www.metronews.ca/views/metro-views/2016/01/11/rosemary-barton-proved-herself-during-election-campaign.html|url-status=dead}} sometimes contrasted favourably against Solomon.{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Dale|title=Rosemary Barton is the Hero We Deserve|url=http://www.canadalandshow.com/rosemary-barton-hero-we-deserve/|website=Canadaland|accessdate=May 29, 2017|date=June 25, 2015}}
Barton gained popularity following her response to statements made by then-Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander on Power & Politics during the 2015 election campaign, when he attempted to deflect a question on the government's handling of Syrian refugees during a panel discussion by blaming the media (and Barton) for not drawing enough attention to the crisis.{{cite news|last1=Chevalier|first1=Jennifer|title=Chris Alexander defends Canada's refugee response, blames media for ignoring crisis|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/chris-alexander-immigration-syria-refugee-crisis-conservatives-1.3213514|accessdate=March 24, 2016|work=CBC News|date=September 2, 2015}} Barton called Alexander's statements "completely false," offered to provide clips of previous shows where the Syrian refugee crisis had been discussed, and challenged him to admit he "[wanted to] avoid the question."{{cite news|last1=Lum|first1=Zi-Ann|title=Chris Alexander Just Got Put In His Place By CBC's Rosemary Barton|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/09/02/chris-alexander-power-and-politics_n_8079976.html|accessdate=March 24, 2016|work=The Huffington Post Canada|date=September 2, 2015}}
She was officially named as the new permanent host of the show on January 5, 2016. At the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, Barton won the award for Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/awards-and-festivals/film-awards/canadian-screen-awards-honour-best-in-news-sports-and-documentary/article29072326/ "Canadian Screen Awards honour best in news, sports and documentary"]. The Globe and Mail, March 8, 2016.
Co-host of ''The National''
On November 6, 2017, Barton debuted as a co-host of The National, CBC Television's flagship newscast, alongside Adrienne Arsenault, Andrew Chang and Ian Hanomansing.[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2017/08/01/cbc-set-to-name-peter-mansbridges-replacements.html "Meet The National’s new hosts: Arsenault, Barton, Chang and Hanomansing"]. Toronto Star, August 1, 2017. She was succeeded as host of Power & Politics by Vassy Kapelos, formerly host of Global's The West Block.
In January 2020, Barton transitioned to a role as CBC's chief political correspondent after CBC decided to discontinue The National's four-anchor format.{{cite news |last1=Houpt |first1=Simon |title=CBC's The National to drop four-host television format |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-cbcs-the-national-to-drop-four-host-television-format/ |accessdate=January 22, 2020 |work=Globe and Mail |date=January 22, 2020}} She hosted the weekend political talk series Sunday Scrum on CBC News Network, which was retitled Rosemary Barton Live as of November 1, 2020.Craig Takeuchi, [https://www.straight.com/news/new-cbc-shows-with-rosemary-barton-and-vassy-kapelos-to-boost-political-and-covid-19-coverage "New CBC shows with Rosemary Barton and Vassy Kapelos to boost political and COVID-19 coverage"]. The Georgia Straight, October 20, 2020. Barton continues to contribute to The National as host of "At Issue" panel discussions featuring Andrew Coyne, Althia Raj and Chantal Hebert.
Education
Barton is a graduate of the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface (a francophone affiliated college of the University of Manitoba) and Carleton University.
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- [http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/rosemary_barton Official profile at CBC]
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Category:Carleton University alumni
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