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  Our Public Airwaves - Wendy Mesley fighting cancer
When Wendy Mesley discovered the lump in her left breast, her first impulse was to ignore it.
Mesley has also discovered a small, malignant lump in her right breast that will have to be operated on.
Mesley says telling her mom, Joan, and her six-year-old daughter (Mesley asked not to have her child's name mentioned) were the hardest things.
www.publicairwaves.ca /index.php?page=877   (1311 words)

  
 Wendy Mesley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wendy Mesley (born 1957) is a host and reporter for CBC Television's consumer investigation show Marketplace.
In 1989, Mesley married CBC news anchor Peter Mansbridge, but the marriage fell apart in 1992.
In January 2005, Mesley announced that she had found a lump in her left breast and was diagnosed with breast cancer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wendy_Mesley   (219 words)

  
 The Inaugural Canadian Micronutrient/Glycomics Conference - CBC's Wendy Mesley   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wendy Mesley is one of Canada's most recognized and respected broadcast journalists, and the co-host of CBC Television's ground-breaking show, Marketplace.
Mesley joined CBC Television News in 1981, rising through the news ranks as a local reporter in Montreal and Quebec City, before becoming a national reporter for Quebec and the Maritimes.
Mesley was made host of Sunday Report in 1992 and was also a regular back-up anchor for the nightly esteemed newscast, The National.
www.canadianmicronutrientconference.com /wm_bio.html   (222 words)

  
 Wendy Mesley: Award-Winning Broadcast Journalist
Wendy Mesley’s work as an award-winning journalist has immersed her in the big issues of the day including the governments of René Lévesque and Mulroney, the introduction of Free Trade, the GST, Meech Lake and the first Gulf War.
Wendy Mesley addresses challenging issues with an edgy, entertaining and informative presentation style; she is also an outstanding moderator, host or master of ceremonies.
Wendy’s interest in these issues is longstanding, but took a different angle 2 years ago when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
www.speakers.ca /speakerprint.asp?speakid=188   (642 words)

  
 POPJOURNALISM.CA | On the record with Wendy Mesley
Wendy Mesley and I meet at the front desk in the behemoth Toronto CBC headquarters.
Mesley is the co-host of Marketplace, the venerable consumer issues show, that’s once again generating buzz thanks to her presence.
Mesley has come a long way since she joined the CBC over 20 years ago, starting as a reporter, anchor and then an established and recognizable newsmagazine host/reporter.
www.popjournalism.ca /magazine/2004/01/24/on-the-record-with-wendy-mesley   (1803 words)

  
 The Ryersonian Online   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It was one startling fact that led Wendy Mesley to investigate the cause of rising cancer rates last year—and all in the midst of her own breast cancer treatments.
In her CBC Marketplace documentary Chasing the Cancer Answer, Mesley uses her personal experience as a cancer survivor and skills as a journalist to investigate what’s causing such high cancer rates and why there is so little action taken to prevent the disease.
Mesley says her goal was to prod the right people to get some answers.
stw.ryerson.ca /~sonian/apr12/special/mesley.html   (425 words)

  
 Wendy Mesley Speaker Profile at The Lavin Agency
Wendy Mesley is one of Canada's most recognized and respected broadcast journalists, and the co-host of CBC Television's ground-breaking show, Marketplace.
Mesley joined CBC Television News in 1981, rising through the news ranks as a local reporter in Montreal and Quebec City, before becoming a national reporter for Quebec and the Maritimes.
CBC journalist and correspondent Wendy Mesley explores the implications for individuals, organizations and society of the digital, wireless age.
www.thelavinagency.com /canada/wendymesley.html   (603 words)

  
 The Carillon Online: April 12th - May 16th 2007
Mesley spoke mostly about the role the media plays in cutting through the spin and getting to the core of the story, or in some cases, the lack thereof.
Mesley said she felt that the use of anonymous sources was creating suspicions about the credibility of Canadian journalism.
Mesley's research led to the documentary Chasing the Cancer Answer, where she focused on preventing cancer rather than curing it.
www.carillon.uregina.ca /04.11.07/news4.html   (484 words)

  
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Mesley is noted for her energy, tenacity and wit.
Wendy’s interest in these issues is long-standing, but took a different angle 2 years ago when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Mesley began her broadcast journalism career in 1976 as a radio reporter in Toronto.
www.brickenden.com /view_speaker.php?id=272   (782 words)

  
 NORTH AMERICANS 'CONTAMINATED' WITH CANCER-CAUSING POISONS
OTTAWA -- Wendy Mesley had a rough idea what the results would be when her blood was tested for cancer-causing toxins, but that didn't lessen her dismay when she read the list.
Mesley had the blood test as part of Chasing the Cancer Answer, her 30-minute documentary that broadcasts this Sunday evening on the CBC-TV consumer series Marketplace.
Mesley, mother of a seven-year-old daughter, has been exploring the world of environmental toxins since her own doctors told her about the dramatic rise in cancer -- from roughly one in five Canadians during their lifetime in the 1970s to almost one in two today.
www.familiesagainstcancer.org /?id=324   (814 words)

  
 Free Dominion :: View topic - Leadership 2000 interview with Day and Manning
MESLEY: The signal, whether you think this is fair or not, the signal has been sent out to gay people that you are not tolerant of their lifestyles.
However, Wendy Mesley's heavy-handed interview of Stockwell Day, in which she constantly cut off his responses, was a discredit to your normally objective station.
I was distressed watching Wendy Mesley's interview tonight with Stockwell Day - in particular the way in which he was able to talk circles around her because she did not seem to be properly prepared.
www.freedominion.ca /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=96167   (10977 words)

  
 Wendy Mesley diagnosed with breast cancer
Gemini-winning CBC journalist Wendy Mesley, host of the network's investigative consumer show Marketplace, has breast cancer.
Mesley learned the news a few months ago, CBC spokesperson Ruth-Ellen Soles said.
Mesley began her broadcast journalism career in 1976 as a radio reporter in Toronto, eventually becoming the parliamentary correspondent for CBC-TV's The National and anchor for Sunday Report.
www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2005/01/07/mesley050107.html   (510 words)

  
 Wendy Mesley vs. cancer
It was one startling fact that led Wendy Mesley to investigate the cause of rising cancer rates last year—and all in the midst of her own breast cancer treatments.
In her CBC Marketplace documentary Chasing the Cancer Answer, Mesley uses her personal experience as a cancer survivor and skills as a journalist to investigate what’s causing such high cancer rates and why there is so little action taken to prevent the disease.
Mesley says her goal was to prod the right people to get some answers.
www.ryersonline.ca /articles/21/1/Wendy-Mesley-vs-cancer/Page1.html   (1002 words)

  
 Guelph-Humber to Honour Wendy Mesley | University of Guelph
“Wendy is an excellent role model for all of us, and she’s especially fitting for students on the cusp of starting their professional lives, no matter what field they’re pursuing,” said Guelph-Humber vice-provost John Walsh.
Mesley began her journalism career in 1976 as a radio reporter and has worked in television at CBC since 1979.
She was the legislative reporter in Quebec City, covering a number of hot political issues, including the first referendum on sovereignty, and interviewing some of the highest-profile political figures of the time, including Pierre Trudeau and René Lévesque.
www.uoguelph.ca /news/2007/06/post_53.html   (335 words)

  
 Wendy Mesley
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 Wendy Mesley: Using and abusing the coercive powers of the state broadcaster - cbcwatch   (Site not responding. Last check: )
After Wendy Mesley got her first taste of weaponizing the camera, it was all over.
And with Wendy, we are told: "After a national selection process involving over 1,000 consumer complaints, the UNDERDOGS team chose the strongest cases worth fighting for.
Mesley pretends to be fighting on behalf of the little guy, but wants viewers to ignore that CBC is a big company with big (ignored) problems of its own.
www.cbcwatch.ca /?q=node/view/2103   (842 words)

  
 Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada - What Wendy Mesley Didn’t Tell Canadians - cbcwatch   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada (PSC) today sent an open letter to Wendy Mesley, offering comments on a recent segment of Marketplace that dealt with cancer prevention.
PSC appreciates the efforts that Wendy Mesley and her colleagues have taken to shine the spotlight on the need for cancer prevention, but is concerned that the focus of her program told an imbalanced story of cancer control and incorrectly characterized the work of the Canadian Cancer Society.
The letter to Wendy Mesley can be viewed in pdf format here: The text is here
www.cbcwatch.ca /?q=node/view/1806   (215 words)

  
 Wendy Mesley
Wendy Mesley is a reporter for CBC English Television's consumer investigation show "Marketplace".
She has co-hosted, with Diana Swain, on the investigative series "CBC News: Disclosure", and previously hosted her own show "Undercurrents".
Mesley is divorced from CBC news anchor Peter Mansbridge.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/w/we/wendy_mesley.html   (92 words)

  
 Ghost of a flea: Wendy Mesley
Some unscrupulous folks may have attempted to game search engines with mischievous expressions such as "Wendy Mesley nude" but here at the Flea it is only the high road of internet citizen journalism.
Wendy Mesley's favourite book is reported to be "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe".
The Marketplace website archives plenty of its segments including a piece on freecycling featuring Wendy Mesley with a parrot on her shoulder and her Buying into Sexy piece on marketing to tweens that features must-see Toronto landmark, the Dufferin Mall.
www.ghostofaflea.com /archives/005323.html   (562 words)

  
 Corporate culture is hurting journalism, says CBC broadcaster - ExpressNews - University of Alberta
Mesley was in Edmonton speaking at a national student journalism conference hosted by The Gateway, the student newspaper at the University of Alberta.
Mesley expressed her distaste for the rise in public relations firms, a trend that has seen access to politicians restricted and the ability of journalists to do their jobs objectively constrained.
Mesley drew applause when she praised the work of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and HBO’s Da Ali G Show for “taking the piss out of media,” and later when she criticized the magazine Adbusters for becoming more focused on print design than real investigative reporting over the past few years.
www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca /expressnews_template/print.cfm?id=6334   (632 words)

  
 Growing Up Organic Conference
Wendy Mesley former co-host of CBC News: Marketplace, CBC Television's award-winning prime-time investigative consumer show & currently hosting the new CBC show: Underdogs.
Mesley began her broadcast journalism career in 1976 as a radio reporter in Toronto.
Mesley was most recently diagnosed with and treated for cancer, prompting her to air a piece on the environmental causes of this prevalent disease.
www.cog.ca /growing-up-organic/speakers.htm   (1149 words)

  
 ACTRA'S 2006 John Drainie Award to be Presented to Wendy Mesley
Toronto, Ontario (CANADA) - May 16, 2006 - Honouring her distinguished contribution to broadcasting, ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists) and the Banff World Television Festival are pleased to announce CBC's Wendy Mesley as the recipient of ACTRA's 2006 John Drainie Award.
Mesley began her career 30 years ago as a radio reporter in Toronto, moving to television in 1979.
Mesley has grown to be one of Canada's most recognized and esteemed broadcast journalists, noted for her energy, tenacity and strong wit.
www.reelwest.com /happening/wire/2006/may/banff_mesley.htm   (525 words)

  
 CANOE -- JAM! - Full Disclosure
CBC isn't putting much pressure on Wendy Mesley and Diana Swain to deliver the goods with newsmagazine Disclosure -- unless you count network news chief Tony Burman's prediction it will become a Canadian television institution.
Mesley says it's a luxury to have committed financial resources after working on a tight budget for six seasons on Undercurrents.
Mesley says she hopes Disclosure will open up the news-gathering process to viewers.
jam.canoe.ca /Television/TV_Shows/D/Disclosure/2001/11/10/pf-734554.html   (620 words)

  
 Our Public Airwaves - Wendy Mesley to receive Drainie Award
TORONTO (CP) — CBC personality Wendy Mesley is this year’s recipient of the John Drainie Award.
"Wendy Mesley’s amply demonstrated creative vision and sheer journalistic guts make her an ideal recipient of this prestigious award," said Richard Hardacre, national president of ACTRA.
Mesley, who joined The National as a Parliamentary correspondent in Ottawa in 1979, has been a frequent back-up anchor for CBC-TV news programs.
www.publicairwaves.ca /index.php?page=1638   (165 words)

  
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Thompson Rivers University Faculty Association invites the public to a talk by Wendy Mesley, host of CBC’s Marketplace, on Monday, March 10, 2008, at 7 pm in the Alumni Theatre of the Clock Tower Building at TRU.
Mesley will take the audience behind the scenes for an insiders’ look at how media, marketing and politics influence how we are informed.
Her interest in these issues is long-standing, but took a different angle two years ago when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
www.tru.ca /marketing/mediareleases/2008/Wendy_Mesley.html   (369 words)

  
 International Voters Coalition Forum
MESLEY: This is his cyber nightmare, the voting machine.
MESLEY: This town has been voting on a touch screen system since 1996.
MESLEY: At the end of the day they are brought into town hall and the
www.voterscoalition.com /voter/source.htm   (1721 words)

  
 CBC Marketplace: Chasing the Cancer Answer
Here, Wendy is pictured having a sample of her blood for analysis.
After Marketplace host Wendy Mesley was diagnosed, she began a long and personal journey.
Mesley says she thought she was doing everything right.
www.cbc.ca /consumers/market/files/health/cancer/index.html   (1066 words)

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