About
Photo: Greg Pender
Pull up a chair. Let’s have a chat.
I’m far more curious about you than you are about me.
What brought you here? What’s your story? Let me know at danielle.mario@cbc.ca if you have any comments, questions or ideas.
For anyone else that’s interested, I’m Danielle Mario. My parents, friends and coworkers call me Dani. You can too.
I grew up in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. That’s where I decided I wanted to be a journalist. I was eight-years-old. I started a publication called “Kidz News”. The ‘z’ should tell you I was a pretty cool kid. I had correspondents at the nearby elementary schools. My hand-drawn word searches were far more charming than practical. I braved a lot of blizzards for my 48-house delivery.
I quit after another kid ripped the Christmas edition in half and made fun of me.
I’ve since grown a much thicker skin.
I moved on to write for the Regina Leader-Post‘s youth section, Minus 20.
In 2005, I started studying at the University of Regina. I wrote for the student newspaper, the Carillon. When I finished my pre-journalism courses, I was accepted into the School of Journalism.
I worked in the fall of 2007 as a technical producer for Rawlco’s NewsTalk980 in Regina.
That winter, I started as a local reporter for the Saskatoon Starphoenix. After the work-term, I was accepted as a Joan Donaldson Scholar, and spent four months in Toronto working at CBC Newsworld (News Network) as an associate producer for CBC: News Morning and the Weekend Edition.
I finished my degree in 2009, and decided to move overseas. I chose Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, where I worked as the English editor of the independent English newspaper, The UB Post. I later worked for TUGS/Screen Inc., a private, domestic media firm. I filed several stories for Thomson Reuters, and volunteered as an anchor for Eagle Television‘s English news service.
I’m currently working as a newsreader and bimedial reporter for CBC Saskatchewan.
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Awards:
- Ron Robbins Travel Scholarship – 2009 Winter
- Academic Silver Scholarship – 2009 Winter
- Canadian Women’s Press Club – Saskatoon Branch Award – 2008 Winter
- Academic Silver Scholarship – 2008 Winter
- CTV Journalism Scholar – 2007
- NOVA Scholar – 2007
- Golden Key International Honours Society (Regina Chapter), Active since 2006
- S.E. Stewart Faculty of Arts Entrance Scholar – 2005 Fall
- Winston Knoll Outstanding Achievement Award, 2005
- Regional and National Level Science Expo Awards, 2002-2004
