Sandie Rinaldo, CTV News Anchor
BREAKING INTO SUCCESS
Sandie Rinaldo, CTV Weekend National News Anchor and award winning journalist, is one of Canada’s most recognized and influential broadcasters. A hard-hitting journalist, renowned interviewer and regular host/reporter for W-FIVE, Sandie has received outstanding accolades for her news coverage of global events and bringing viewers extraordinary glimpses into the lives of remarkable Canadians. Sandie shares her experiences on breaking into success.
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BIO
It’s hard not to think of Sandie Rinaldo and picture her face during a discussion about CTV. She’s been anchoring CTV News on weekends since 1985 and has filled in for Lloyd Robertson as Alternate Anchor of CTV News on weeknights since 1981.
At the same time, she’s been bringing viewers extraordinary glimpses into the lives of remarkable Canadians with her profiles of Celine Dion, John Candy and Amanda Marshall to name a few. she frequently appeared on W-FIVE as a contributing reporter and interviewer, and recently (with Lloyd Robertson) took on anchoring responsibilities for the showcase newsmagazine.
FIRST STEPS
But it wasn’t always this way and it hasn’t been an easy ride. She came to CTV in 1973 one week after graduating from York University where she had earned an Honours B.A. in Fine Arts. In that first year, she jumped from junior secretary to production secretary to production manager then becoming a researcher for W-FIVE. In 1975 she went to New York City with the team and helped produce “The Bankruptcy of New York,” which won a journalism award.
Don Cameron, then VP of News, was a mentor, she says. “He was determined to have women in the newsroom. He was supportive and encouraging, but we had to have the journalistic credentials,” she says, adding matter-of-factly, “Women had to work twice as hard as the men in this industry to prove themselves.”
But she bounded through the “glass ceiling,” that arbitrary barrier that prevents women from advancing in a company, every time she came up against it. In 1976 she joined Canada AM as a story producer and specialized in federal and provincial politics. In 1977 she was appointed reporter-at-large for Canada AM, a position that saw her regularly scooting everywhere from Vancouver to Cape Breton to the Middle East.
TELEVISION CREDITS
- Weekend Anchor of CTV News – 1985-1989 and 1991-present
- Host/interviewer/writer “Fame & Family” 2000. Interviews with Eugene Levy, Clint Eastwood, Rufus Wainwright
- Host/interview/writer “Magnificent Moms: A Celebration of Motherhood” 1998. Interviews with Celine Dion, Joyce Milgaard, Rita MacNeil, Chantal Kraviazuk
- Host of W-Five, Interviewer/Reporter Profile pieces – 1996-1998. Interviews with Celine Dion, Alex Trebek, Scott Thompson, Lorne Michaels
- Producer/Reporter/Writer for CTV Portrait Series, interviewing personalities such as Gordon Lightfoot, Mila Mulroney, Susan Aglukark, Ofra Harnoy
- Back-up Anchor for CTV News
- Host of Towards 2000 and Millennium Report – 1991-present