Daniele Hamamdjian is an Egyptian-born television journalist, who had been an international correspondent in the London bureau for CTV News since 2014.[1] On October 25, 2023, Corus Entertainment announced[2] that Hamamdjian was joining Global National starting on that date on a temporary basis, as a Special Correspondent reporting from the Middle East on the conflict between Israel and Hamas. She is most noted as a two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee, receiving nominations for Best National Reporter at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 for her reportage on the Rohingya conflict,[3] and Best Editorial Research at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for her W5 documentary feature Consumed by Conspiracy.[4]

Born in Cairo, Egypt, Hamamdjian emigrated with her family to Laval, Quebec, in the 1980s.[1] She studied journalism at Concordia University, and joined CTV in 2006 as a local reporter for the network's Montreal affiliate CFCF-DT, before transferring to the parliamentary bureau in Ottawa in 2009.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c Mike Cohen, "Montrealers Hamamdjian and O'Hara-Byrne head the CTV National News bureau in London". The Suburban, August 12, 2014.
  2. ^ "VETERAN REPORTER DANIELE HAMAMDJIAN JOINS GLOBAL NATIONAL AS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT". Corus Entertainment. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  3. ^ Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Non-Fiction TV Programming: The Complete List Of Winners". ET Canada, March 26, 2019.
  4. ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.