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Wendy Mesley
Wendy Mesley is a Canadian television journalist, podcaster, and blogger. She worked for CBC News from 1981 to 2021 in roles including national correspondent at the Quebec Legislature and the Ottawa Parliamentary Bureau. She was the anchor of The National, host of Undercurrents, Disclosure, and Marketplace, and from 2018 to 2020, she hosted the Sunday morning talk show The Weekly with Wendy Mesley.
Mesley enrolled in the journalism program at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute but left before completing her degree, though she later obtained a diploma. In 1979, during her last year of studies, both CBC and CTV interviewed students for summer job opportunities. Mesley received offers from both networks but chose to work for CFCF-TV, the CTV affiliate in Montreal. However, by 1981, she transitioned to CBC.
In 1985, Mesley became CBC's first female TV correspondent to cover the Prime Minister, when she joined the parliamentary bureau. Then in 1991, she became CBC's national affairs correspondent and started hosting Sunday Report.
From 1994 to 2001, Mesley played a pivotal role in the creation and hosting of the media and technology series Undercurrents. In 2002, following a brief stint co-hosting the investigative show Disclosure, Mesley transitioned to the consumer investigation series Marketplace, concurrently serving as a frequent backup anchor for CBC's flagship evening news program, The National.
In 2004, Mesley hosted a 13-part series called The Greatest Canadian. Between 2007 and 2008, she co-hosted four episodes of Test the Nation, with Brent Bambury, and one with Ron MacLean. Both programs aired on CBC.
From October 2009, Mesley had a greater presence on The National, and in 2010, she became the program's regular Friday and Sunday anchor.
In January 2018, she started hosting a new Sunday morning talk show on politics and media, titled The Weekly with Wendy Mesley.
On June 9, 2020, Mesley was suspended from The Weekly with Wendy Mesley for saying "nigger" in an editorial meeting about a presumed panelist who had tweeted she was repeatedly called that; this occurred mere days after the murder of George Floyd. Mesley immediately apologized. Months earlier, during staff discussions of Quebec's Bill 21 prohibiting some civil servants from wearing anything connected to a religious belief, Mesley had referred to the seminal Quebec book "White Niggers of America", written by Pierre Vallières.
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Wendy Mesley
Wendy Mesley is a Canadian television journalist, podcaster, and blogger. She worked for CBC News from 1981 to 2021 in roles including national correspondent at the Quebec Legislature and the Ottawa Parliamentary Bureau. She was the anchor of The National, host of Undercurrents, Disclosure, and Marketplace, and from 2018 to 2020, she hosted the Sunday morning talk show The Weekly with Wendy Mesley.
Mesley enrolled in the journalism program at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute but left before completing her degree, though she later obtained a diploma. In 1979, during her last year of studies, both CBC and CTV interviewed students for summer job opportunities. Mesley received offers from both networks but chose to work for CFCF-TV, the CTV affiliate in Montreal. However, by 1981, she transitioned to CBC.
In 1985, Mesley became CBC's first female TV correspondent to cover the Prime Minister, when she joined the parliamentary bureau. Then in 1991, she became CBC's national affairs correspondent and started hosting Sunday Report.
From 1994 to 2001, Mesley played a pivotal role in the creation and hosting of the media and technology series Undercurrents. In 2002, following a brief stint co-hosting the investigative show Disclosure, Mesley transitioned to the consumer investigation series Marketplace, concurrently serving as a frequent backup anchor for CBC's flagship evening news program, The National.
In 2004, Mesley hosted a 13-part series called The Greatest Canadian. Between 2007 and 2008, she co-hosted four episodes of Test the Nation, with Brent Bambury, and one with Ron MacLean. Both programs aired on CBC.
From October 2009, Mesley had a greater presence on The National, and in 2010, she became the program's regular Friday and Sunday anchor.
In January 2018, she started hosting a new Sunday morning talk show on politics and media, titled The Weekly with Wendy Mesley.
On June 9, 2020, Mesley was suspended from The Weekly with Wendy Mesley for saying "nigger" in an editorial meeting about a presumed panelist who had tweeted she was repeatedly called that; this occurred mere days after the murder of George Floyd. Mesley immediately apologized. Months earlier, during staff discussions of Quebec's Bill 21 prohibiting some civil servants from wearing anything connected to a religious belief, Mesley had referred to the seminal Quebec book "White Niggers of America", written by Pierre Vallières.
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