Saroja Coelho

Saroja Coelho is a Canadian journalist and radio personality, currently the host of Mornings on CBC Music.[1]

Saroja Coelho
NationalityCanadian
Occupationradio personality
Known forMornings

Originally from Toronto, Ontario, Coelho was a foreign correspondent, reporting from Asia and Eastern Europe for CBC, BBC, NPR, Deutsche Welle and National Geographic.[2] In 2012, she became the host of Living Planet on Deutsche Welle, before returning to Canada to host Breakaway, the local afternoon program for CBC Radio One's Quebec Community Network in 2016.[3] She returned to Toronto in 2018, where she was a regular guest host of Here and Now during Gill Deacon's health leave, and became host of Mornings after Raina Douris left the program in 2019.[4]

Coelho studied biology and political science at the University of Toronto,[5] and was a coordinator of Women Active, Vocal, Effective and Strong, a leadership program for young girls, in the early 2000s.[6][1]

References
  1. "Revolving door". Broadcast Dialogue, September 19, 2019.
  2. Gordon Lambie, "Saroja Coelho settling in as new host of Breakaway". Sherbrooke Record September 22, 2016.
  3. Steve Faguy, "Saroja Coelho is new host of CBC Quebec's Breakaway radio show". Montreal Gazette, September 22, 2016.
  4. "Revolving door". Broadcast Dialogue, August 16, 2018.
  5. Donna Nebenzahl, "Camp lets girls make waves: Aims to empower". Montreal Gazette, July 10, 2000.
  6. "Making some WAVES: Help for young women". Toronto Star, July 3, 2001.
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