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Sheila MacVicar
Canadian television journalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sheila MacVicar is a Canadian television journalist most recently with Al Jazeera America as the host of Compass with Sheila MacVicar and a correspondent for America Tonight from 2013 to 2016.[1]
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A native of Montreal, she worked for CBS News from 2005 until 2010 as the network's London correspondent. She has also worked as a reporter for CBC Television (1981–1990), ABC News (1990–2001) and CNN (2001–2005). From 1977 she worked at CBC affiliated stations in Calgary and Montreal.
She graduated from Carleton University in 1977 with a Bachelor of Journalism.
MacVicar is executive producer of the American Masters documentary: The Disappearance of Hazel Scott will air on PBS stations on February 21, 2025.[2]
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Awards and recognition
- Emmy Awards (3 awards)
- Peabody Award (1 award)
- One World Broadcasting Trust (media award; 1998)
Noted stories
MacVicar reported on a connection between Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein on January 14, 1999 on ABC News.
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