Jamie Orchard named assistant news director at Global Montreal

MONTREAL - Global Montreal senior anchor Jamie Orchard is adding assistant news director to her duties, effective immediately.Orchard (pictured) has worked with Global Montreal since it launched 21 years ago and has anchored the flagship supper hour newscast since 2001. She will continue her anchoring duties while assuming the responsibilities of the assistant news director, which includes managing the station’s online team as well as on-air news broadcasts.“Jamie is recognized in our newsroom as a mentor to our young journalists, with her new responsibilities as Assistant News Director, she will continue to support and encourage efforts at Global News in...