Rita Celli
Rita Celli is a Canadian radio journalist, currently the host of Ontario Today on CBC Radio One's stations in Ontario. During her tenure, the show has earned a number of awards including three Gracie Awards for Outstanding Talk Show (2013, 2011, 2010), a Gabriel Award in the News and Informational Local Release category (2011), the Sam Ross Award for Editorial Writing/Commentary from the Radio Television News Directors Association (2009) and a silver medal in the International Breaking News category at the New York Festival (2008).
In 2014, Celli was awarded the prestigious Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Investigative Journalism.
In 2000, she and a team of CBC journalists won an investigative award from the Canadian Association of Journalists.
Prior to Ontario Today, Rita held a number of positions at CBC on both radio and television, including anchor of CBC Ottawa's supper hour news.
Born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario, she graduated from Carleton University’s journalism program in 1991.