Joanne Chianello
Joanne Chianello was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She
spent most of her adult life in Ottawa, which she now considered her
true home. She is the city affairs columnist for the newspaper, Ottawa
Citizen, her latest beat in a twenty year career that began at The
Finanical Post. She began her career there in 1992 working as a
reporter for three years. Since arriving at the Ottawa Citizen in
November 1995, she's covered everything from technology and
telecommunications for which she was named the Anderson Consulting
Business Writer of the Year - to food and federal politics. She has
been covering City Hall since 2010. Chianello is a a frequent
commentator on television and radio, and is a regular member of CBC
Morning's City Hall panel each Thursday. Her column appears on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.