Janis Mackey Frayer
Janis Mackey Frayer | |
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Born | Janis Mackey May 27, 1970 |
Occupation | NBC News journalist |
Spouse | Kevin Frayer |
Children | 1 |
Janis Mackey Frayer (born May 27, 1970) is a Canadian journalist and a correspondent with NBC News based in Beijing, China.
Biography
[edit]Mackey Frayer studied international relations and French at the University of Toronto, and holds a master's degree in International Relations from the University of Cambridge.
Her career began at CFOS Radio in Owen Sound, Ontario, and at age 19 she worked at YTV.[1] She was later a financial news anchor with BNN and wrote a regular business column for The Globe and Mail newspaper.
Mackey Freyer worked in Canada with CTV as its Middle East Bureau Chief in Jerusalem from 2003 to 2009; South Asia Bureau Chief in New Delhi, India from 2009 to 2012; and Asia Bureau Chief from 2013 to 2015.[2]
She has been NBC News' China correspondent since April 2016.[2]
Family
[edit]She is married to photojournalist Kevin Frayer and they have one son.
Awards and honours
[edit]Janis Mackey Frayer was awarded the Canadian Screen Award for Best Reportage for her coverage of the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, the United Nations/UNDPI Gold Medal at the 2010 New York Festivals[3] and also won World Gold in the category of Human Interest. She then served as a member of the NYF Grand Jury from 2011 to 2014. She has earned two Gemini Award nominations for Best Reportage and two RTNDA Awards for News.
References
[edit]- ^ "Commentary, with Ross Kentner". Bayshore Broadcasting Corporation. 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2020-04-02.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ a b https://www.linkedin.com/in/janismackeyfrayer/?originalSubdomain=cn.
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(help) - ^ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/New-York-Festivals-iw-185316893.html?x=0&.v=1 [dead link ]