I've seen her on Saturdays and Sundays, the weekend stringers.
I bet she wears pointy shoes too
Colleen McEdwards is an anchor for CNN International. Based at CNN’s world headquarters in Atlanta, she anchors Your World Today and World News.
During more than 15 years as a broadcast journalist, McEdwards has reported from Russia, Europe and Asia, covering major international stories like the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, the final pullout of Soviet troops from the Czech Republic, the Yugoslav conflict, unrest in Haiti, the Lockerbie bombing trial and the global threat of SARS.
McEdwards joined CNN International from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where she was a senior political correspondent covering major elections, leadership conventions, the Quebec constitutional crisis and the Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka trial. She worked in various regions of Canada and the United States while leading the CBC's high-profile political coverage during a critical period of national upheaval.
McEdwards won several awards for her political reporting, including the New York Festival Award and a Worldfest Houston Award. She received a U.S. national award of merit for her anchoring on CNN during the September 11th terrorist attacks. She has played a major role in several of CNN's award-winning broadcasts, including the Millennium coverage in 2000 and the tsunami coverage in 2004.
A sought-after speaker, she has addressed audiences on issues like media concentration, women in broadcasting and international affairs. A respected broadcast trainer, she has trained the next generation of journalists all around the world and continues to mentor young journalists and writers. She taught a broadcasting course at Charles University while posted in Prague.
McEdwards is a volunteer member of Save the Children's Board of Directors, and is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Hearing Society advocating for rights and services for the deaf and hard of hearing around the world.
She studied Russian in St. Petersburg and honed her French conversational skills while living in Canada and Europe. She is a Canadian citizen.
McEdwards is a published author of short fiction and poetry. She has an Honors degree in English Literature from the University of Waterloo, Canada, and received the University's Alumni Achievement award in 1999.