Jennifer McGuire

Jennifer was a member of our first graduate diploma class, in 1987-88. “My time at Concordia was the foundation of my career,” she told the audience for her March 2010 Reader's Digest Lecture, entitled “Transitioning On-line.”

Jennifer began her CBC career by producing Ottawa Morning on CBC Radio.  She has also produced CBC television programs Foreign Assignment, CBC Newsworld Today and Sunday Morning Live. She later held the positions of acting head of CBC Radio Current Affairs and executive director of programming for CBC Radio. Prior to being general manager and editor-in-chief of CBC News, Jennifer was executive director of CBC Radio, where she was responsible for all of the CBC's radio broadcasting, including Radio One, Radio Two, Radio Three and the CBC's Sirius Satellite Radio programming.

Jennifer has been described as a “champion” of repositioning CBC News as a fully integrated, multi-platform service since she is responsible for CBC News Network, and all local and network news and current affairs programming on CBC Television, CBC Radio and CBCNews.ca.

Our job is to provide Canadians with timely, reliable and relevant news and information, whenever and however our various audiences require it. In an era of changing media habits and evolving competitive landscapes, it's more important than it has ever been. 

Jennifer received the Department of Journalism's Distinguished Alumni award in 2010.