WINNIPEG – Karyn Pugliese is joining the APTN network as the director of news and current affairs beginning July 9.
“Karyn is a great leader, and we are pleased that she has taken on the challenge of leading APTN’s award-winning news and current affairs team,” said Jean LaRose, CEO, in a press release. “I know she will work hard with her team and the entire network to carry out APTN’s mission of sharing our people’s stories.”
Pugliese (right) has more than 15 years of experience investigating and reporting. Her stories have won Native American Journalism Awards and she was also nominated for a Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Gold Ribbon Award. She is a proud member of the Algonquin First Nation of Pikwàkanagàn.
With recent experience as a producer/host at ichannel, Pugliese credits the launch of her journalism career to APTN, where she first worked as an Ottawa reporter/correspondent from 2000 to 2006. In addition to her experience at APTN and ichannel, she has also worked with the Assembly of First Nations, Vision TV, and the CBC.
