Marcia Young
Canadian broadcaster
Marcia Young (née Williams) is a Canadian broadcast journalist, who is the current weekday anchor of World Report, the national morning newscast on CBC Radio.
Early life
Young was born in Toronto, but spent her early childhood in Jamaica where she was raised by her grandparents. She returned to Toronto at the age of 6 to attend school. She is a graduate of the journalism program at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University).
Journalism career
Young began her broadcasting career in sports radio at The Fan 590 in Toronto. She then worked behind the microphone as a researcher and production coordinator for Life Network, on one of the first magazine lifestyle shows in Canada.
In 1998, Young moved to CBC Television as a researcher for The National, CBC Television's flagship nightly newscast. She subsequently landed gigs as a local television news reporter in Toronto, Saskatoon and Regina.
Young returned to Toronto as a television anchor and reporter at Citytv, where she reported on the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the SARS crisis, and the Iraq War. In 2004, she became the anchor of Canada at Five on CBC Radio.
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