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Saša Petricic (/pɛtʃrɪsɪk/ PEH-tri-sick) is a Canadian journalist and photographer. He is currently a senior correspondent and videojournalist for CBC Television's The National and other CBC News programs, based in Toronto and specializing in world news. He previously spent five years as the CBC's Asia Correspondent, based in Beijing and four years covering the Middle East from Jerusalem.

Education

Petricic attended high school in Toronto, at the North Toronto Collegiate Institute. He went on to earn a journalism degree with combined honours in Soviet and East European Studies from Carleton University. He also studied at Hope College in Michigan and at the University of Quebec.^[1]

Career

From 1993 to 2001, Petricic covered federal politics, elections and political issues from the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa. During that time, he contributed various stories and features to BBC News and CNN. He subsequently covered major events and issues from every continent as a CBC correspondent and videojournalist. In 2006, Petricic was the first CBC reporter to file stories from Antarctica. He covered the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and genocide in Rwanda, the September 11 attacks on the U.S. and Canada's mission in Afghanistan for CBC News.^[1]

From 2011 to 2015, Petricic was Middle East Correspondent for The National, based in Jerusalem. He covered the region's Arab Spring uprisings from Egypt, Libya, Syria and Tunisia.^[1] Petricic also covered conflicts between Israel and Hamas in Gaza in 2012 and 2014.^[2]

In 2015, Petricic was appointed China Bureau Chief for CBC in Beijing. He followed the rise in power of the Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping and a new, more assertive China.^[3] In the region, he covered standoffs between South Korea and North Korea from both countries,^[4] pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong,^[5] earthquakes in Nepal and typhoons in the Philippines. Petricic chronicled the arrest of Canadians Michael Kovrig, an ex-diplomat, and Michael Spavor, a businessman, by China on espionage charges. He also watched the COVID-19 pandemic spread from Wuhan, Hubei, China from its first days.^[6]

Petricic has also taught television journalism at the National University of Rwanda, through the non-profit Rwanda Initiative,^[7] and conducted courses in documentary-making at the Canadian Screen Training Centre ^[8] and through the London-based organization Raindance.^[9]

On June 12, 2013, Petricic was arrested by Turkish forces during the 2013 Gezi Park protests in Turkey while photographing a municipal cleanup crew clearing barricades near Taksim Square in Istanbul. He was released one day later.^[10]^[11]

Awards

Petricic has won numerous awards for his work. In 2014, his war coverage of the Syrian conflict from Aleppo and around Syria won Canada's top TV journalism award, the Canadian Screen Award for Best Reportage.^[12]^[13] Petricic also won the 1999 Canadian Association of Journalists Award for Investigative Journalism and the 2005 Canadian Radio and Television News Directors' Association Award for his work in Rwanda, for a story profiling Canadian Doctor James Orbinski.^[14] In August 2008, Petricic received a Gemini Nomination for Best News Feature for his documentary on activities by Christian missionaries in Thailand after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.^[15]

Photography

For most of his journalistic career, Petricic has also been a photojournalist and art photographer. His first solo exhibition "Innocent Bystanders" was at Heliographics Gallery in Toronto in June, 2022. This was followed up with a second solo exhibit in Ottawa at Studio Sixty Six in July 2023.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Saša Petricic". CBC.ca. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021.
^ Petricic, Sasa (December 9, 2014). "Gaza War - Missiles Everywhere" – via Vimeo.
^ Petricic, Sasa (November 25, 2019). "Who is China's President Xi Jinping?". CBC.ca.
^ "Challenges of Reporting from North Korea". CBC.ca. March 4, 2017.
^ Petricic, Sasa (September 6, 2019). "Hong Kong Protests Spill into September" – via Vimeo.
^ Petricic, Sasa (December 16, 2020). "How COVID-19 has changed Wuhan". CBC.ca.
^ "Home". rwandainitiative.ca.
^ "Canadian Screen Training Centre". Archived from the original on 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ "Home". Raindance.
^ Taylor, Lesley Ciarula (12 June 2013). "Turkey protests: CBC journalists Sasa Petricic, Derek Stoffel arrested in Istanbul". The Toronto Star.
^ "CBC reporter detained in Taksim: It's a first in my career". Hurriyet Daily News. June 13, 2013.
^ Petricic, Sasa (December 9, 2014). "Fighting for Allepo" – via Vimeo.
^ "2014 CSA Winners". Archived from the original on 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
^ Petricic, Sasa (March 5, 2010). "Evil Revisited" – via Vimeo.
^ Petricic, Sasa (March 8, 2010). "A Wave of Conversions" – via Vimeo.

External links

[short_bio-1] "Saša Petricic". CBC.ca. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021.

[2] Petricic, Sasa (December 9, 2014). "Gaza War - Missiles Everywhere" – via Vimeo.

[3] Petricic, Sasa (November 25, 2019). "Who is China's President Xi Jinping?". CBC.ca.

[4] "Challenges of Reporting from North Korea". CBC.ca. March 4, 2017.

[5] Petricic, Sasa (September 6, 2019). "Hong Kong Protests Spill into September" – via Vimeo.

[6] Petricic, Sasa (December 16, 2020). "How COVID-19 has changed Wuhan". CBC.ca.

[7] "Home". rwandainitiative.ca.

[8] "Canadian Screen Training Centre". Archived from the original on 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

[9] "Home". Raindance.

[10] Taylor, Lesley Ciarula (12 June 2013). "Turkey protests: CBC journalists Sasa Petricic, Derek Stoffel arrested in Istanbul". The Toronto Star.

[11] "CBC reporter detained in Taksim: It's a first in my career". Hurriyet Daily News. June 13, 2013.

[12] Petricic, Sasa (December 9, 2014). "Fighting for Allepo" – via Vimeo.

[13] "2014 CSA Winners". Archived from the original on 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2014-03-29.

[14] Petricic, Sasa (March 5, 2010). "Evil Revisited" – via Vimeo.

[15] Petricic, Sasa (March 8, 2010). "A Wave of Conversions" – via Vimeo.

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+'''Saša Petricic''' ({{IPAc-en|p|ɛ|tʃ|r|ɪ|s|ɪ|k}} {{respell|PEH|tri|sick}}) is a Canadian [[journalist]] and photographer. He is currently a senior correspondent and [[videojournalist]] for [[CBC Television]]'s ''[[The National (TV program)|The National]]'' and other [[CBC News]] programs, based in [[Toronto]] and specializing in world news. He previously spent five years as the CBC's Asia Correspondent, based in [[Beijing]] and four years covering the Middle East from [[Jerusalem]].
 ==Education==
-Petricic attended high school in [[Toronto]], at the [[North Toronto Collegiate Institute]]. He went on to earn a journalism degree with combined honours in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[East European]] Studies from [[Carleton University]]. He also studied at [[Hope College]] in [[Michigan]] and at the [[University of Quebec]].
+Petricic attended high school in [[Toronto]], at the [[North Toronto Collegiate Institute]]. He went on to earn a journalism degree with combined honours in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[East European]] Studies from [[Carleton University]]. He also studied at [[Hope College]] in [[Michigan]] and at the [[University of Quebec]].<ref name="short bio">{{cite web |title=Saša Petricic |url=https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/sasa_petricic |website=CBC.ca |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227070044/https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/sasa_petricic |archive-date=27 February 2021}}</ref>
 ==Career==
-From 1993 to 2001, Petricic covered federal politics, elections and political issues from the Canadian Parliament in [[Ottawa]]. During that time, he contributed various stories and features to [[BBC News]] and [[CNN]]. He subsequently covered major events and issues from every continent as a CBC correspondent and videojournalist. In 2006, Petricic was the first CBC reporter to file stories from [[Antarctica]]. He covered the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]] and genocide in Rwanda, the [[September 11 attacks]] on the U.S. and Canada's mission in Afghanistan for CBC News.
+From 1993 to 2001, Petricic covered federal politics, elections and political issues from the Canadian Parliament in [[Ottawa]]. During that time, he contributed various stories and features to [[BBC News]] and [[CNN]]. He subsequently covered major events and issues from every continent as a CBC correspondent and videojournalist. In 2006, Petricic was the first CBC reporter to file stories from [[Antarctica]]. He covered the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]] and genocide in Rwanda, the [[September 11 attacks]] on the U.S. and Canada's mission in Afghanistan for CBC News.<ref name="short bio" />
-From 2011 to 2015, Petricic was Middle East Correspondent for ''The National'', based in [[Jerusalem]]. He covered the region's Arab Spring uprisings from Egypt,<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2170900342 "Egypt Elections", CBC News The National]</ref> Libya,<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2159626074/ "Libya After Ghadafi", CBC News The National]</ref> Syria and Tunisia.
+From 2011 to 2015, Petricic was Middle East Correspondent for ''The National'', based in [[Jerusalem]]. He covered the region's Arab Spring uprisings from Egypt, Libya, Syria and Tunisia.<ref name="short bio" /> Petricic also covered conflicts between Israel and Hamas in Gaza in 2012 and 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/114069487|title=Gaza War - Missiles Everywhere|first=Sasa|last=Petricic|date=December 9, 2014|via=Vimeo}}</ref>
-In 2015, Petricic was appointed China Bureau Chief for CBC in Beijing. He followed the rise in power of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] leader [[Xi Jinping]]<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1648939075711 "Who is Xi Jinping", CBC News The National]</ref> and a new, more assertive China. In the region, he covered standoffs between South Korea and North Korea from both countries,<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/889764419601/ "Challenges of Reporting from North Korea", CBC News The National]</ref> pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong,<ref>[https://vimeo.com/358409304 "Hong Kong Protests", CBC News The National]</ref> earthquakes in Nepal and typhoons in the Philippines. Petricic chronicled the arrest of Canadians [[Detention of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig#Michael Kovrig|Michael Kovrig]], an ex-diplomat, and [[Michael Spavor]], a businessman, by China on espionage charges. He also watched the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] spread from [[Wuhan]], [[Hubei]], China from its first days.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1823489091945/ "Wuhan Revisited", CBC News The National]</ref>
+In 2015, Petricic was appointed China Bureau Chief for CBC in Beijing. He followed the rise in power of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] leader [[Xi Jinping]] and a new, more assertive China.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Petricic |first1=Sasa |title=Who is China's President Xi Jinping? |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1648939075711 |website=CBC.ca |date=November 25, 2019}}</ref> In the region, he covered standoffs between South Korea and North Korea from both countries,<ref>{{cite web |title=Challenges of Reporting from North Korea |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/889764419601 |website=CBC.ca |date=March 4, 2017}}</ref> pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/358409304|title=Hong Kong Protests Spill into September|first=Sasa|last=Petricic|date=September 6, 2019|via=Vimeo}}</ref> earthquakes in Nepal and typhoons in the Philippines. Petricic chronicled the arrest of Canadians [[Detention of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig#Michael Kovrig|Michael Kovrig]], an ex-diplomat, and [[Michael Spavor]], a businessman, by China on espionage charges. He also watched the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] spread from [[Wuhan]], [[Hubei]], China from its first days.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Petricic |first1=Sasa |title=How COVID-19 has changed Wuhan |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1823489091945 |website=CBC.ca |date=December 16, 2020}}</ref>
-Petricic has also taught television journalism at the [[National University of Rwanda]], through the non-profit Rwanda Initiative,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rwandainitiative.ca/ |title=Home |website=rwandainitiative.ca}}</ref> and conducted courses in documentary-making at the Canadian Screen Training Centre <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cstc.ca/ |title=Canadian Screen Training Centre |access-date=2009-06-04 |archive-date=2009-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710003309/http://www.cstc.ca/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and through the London-based organization Raindance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.raindance.co.uk/site/Toronto|title=Home}}</ref> He is a trainer for videojournalists at the CBC.
+Petricic has also taught television journalism at the [[National University of Rwanda]], through the non-profit Rwanda Initiative,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rwandainitiative.ca/ |title=Home |website=rwandainitiative.ca}}</ref> and conducted courses in documentary-making at the Canadian Screen Training Centre <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cstc.ca/ |title=Canadian Screen Training Centre |access-date=2009-06-04 |archive-date=2009-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710003309/http://www.cstc.ca/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and through the London-based organization Raindance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://raindance.org/|title=Home|website=Raindance}}</ref>
-On June 12, 2013, Petricic was arrested by Turkish forces during the [[2013 Gezi Park protests in Turkey]] while photographing a municipal cleanup crew clearing barricades near [[Taksim Square]] in [[Istanbul]]. He was released one day later.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/06/12/turkey_protests_cbc_reporter_sasa_petricic_arrested.html|title=Turkey protests: CBC journalists Sasa Petricic, Derek Stoffel arrested in Istanbul|work=The Toronto Star|date=12 June 2013|last=Taylor|first=Lesley Ciarula}}</ref><ref>[[Hurriyet Daily News]], 13 June 2013, [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/cbc-reporter-detained-in-taksim-its-a-first-in-my-career.aspx?pageID=238&nID=48778&NewsCatID=341 CBC reporter detained in Taksim: It’s a first in my career]</ref>
+On June 12, 2013, Petricic was arrested by Turkish forces during the [[2013 Gezi Park protests in Turkey]] while photographing a municipal cleanup crew clearing barricades near [[Taksim Square]] in [[Istanbul]]. He was released one day later.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/06/12/turkey_protests_cbc_reporter_sasa_petricic_arrested.html|title=Turkey protests: CBC journalists Sasa Petricic, Derek Stoffel arrested in Istanbul|work=The Toronto Star|date=12 June 2013|last=Taylor|first=Lesley Ciarula}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=CBC reporter detained in Taksim: It’s a first in my career |url=https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/cbc-reporter-detained-in-taksim-its-a-first-in-my-career-48778 |work=Hurriyet Daily News |date=June 13, 2013}}</ref>
 ==Awards==
-Petricic has won numerous awards for his work. In 2014, his war coverage of the Syrian conflict from Aleppo and around Syria won Canada's top TV journalism award, the Canadian Screen Award for Best Reportage.<ref>[https://vimeo.com/114069489 "Fighting for Allepo", CBC News The National]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.academy.ca/getmedia/61795d90-f198-406c-950f-82e5082cbbd6/2014-CSA-Winners-FULL.aspx|title=Archived copy|access-date=2014-03-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030144131/http://www.academy.ca/getmedia/61795d90-f198-406c-950f-82e5082cbbd6/2014-CSA-Winners-FULL.aspx|archive-date=2015-10-30}}</ref> Petricic also won the 1999 [[Canadian Association of Journalists]] Award for Investigative Journalism and the 2005 Canadian Radio and Television News Directors' Association Award for his work in Rwanda, for a story profiling Canadian Doctor James Orbinski.<ref>[http://vimeo.com/9947978 "Evil Revisited", CBC News The National]</ref> In August 2008, Petricic received a Gemini Nomination for Best News Feature for his documentary on activities by Christian missionaries in Thailand after the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]].<ref>[http://vimeo.com/10004359 "Christianity Comes to Thailand", CBC News The National]</ref>
+Petricic has won numerous awards for his work. In 2014, his war coverage of the Syrian conflict from Aleppo and around Syria won Canada's top TV journalism award, the Canadian Screen Award for Best Reportage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/114069489|title=Fighting for Allepo|first=Sasa|last=Petricic|date=December 9, 2014|via=Vimeo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.academy.ca/getmedia/61795d90-f198-406c-950f-82e5082cbbd6/2014-CSA-Winners-FULL.aspx|title=2014 CSA Winners|access-date=2014-03-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030144131/http://www.academy.ca/getmedia/61795d90-f198-406c-950f-82e5082cbbd6/2014-CSA-Winners-FULL.aspx|archive-date=2015-10-30}}</ref> Petricic also won the 1999 [[Canadian Association of Journalists]] Award for Investigative Journalism and the 2005 Canadian Radio and Television News Directors' Association Award for his work in Rwanda, for a story profiling Canadian Doctor James Orbinski.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/9947978|title=Evil Revisited|first=Sasa|last=Petricic|date=March 5, 2010|via=Vimeo}}</ref> In August 2008, Petricic received a Gemini Nomination for Best News Feature for his documentary on activities by Christian missionaries in Thailand after the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/10004359|title=A Wave of Conversions|first=Sasa|last=Petricic|date=March 8, 2010|via=Vimeo}}</ref>
 ==Photography==
-For most of his journalistic career, Petricic has also been a photojournalist and art photographer. His first solo exhibition "Innocent Bystanders" was at Heliographics Gallery in Toronto in June, 2022. This was followed up with a second solo exhibit in Ottawa at Studio Sixty Six in July 2023.<ref>[https://studiosixtysix.ca/blogs/exhibitions/innocent-bystanders-sasa-petricic "Innocent Bystanders", Saša Petricic]</ref> Petricic has a show at Grafički Kolektiv gallery in Belgrade, Serbia in September, 2023.
+For most of his journalistic career, Petricic has also been a photojournalist and art photographer. His first solo exhibition "Innocent Bystanders" was at Heliographics Gallery in Toronto in June, 2022. This was followed up with a second solo exhibit in Ottawa at Studio Sixty Six in July 2023.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/sasa_petricic CBC Biography]
+* [http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/sasa_petricic CBC Biography]
-*[http://www.caj.ca/fellowships/cida-fellowship/cajcida-past-recipients.html Canadian Association of Journalists Fellowship recipients]
+* [http://www.caj.ca/fellowships/cida-fellowship/cajcida-past-recipients.html Canadian Association of Journalists Fellowship recipients]
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 [[Category:Journalists imprisoned in Turkey]]
 [[Category:Hope College alumni]]