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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 December 26, 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia 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 December 26, 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia and genocide in Rwanda, the [[September 11 attacks]] on the U.S. and Canada's mission in Afghanistan for CBC News.


From 2011 to 2015, Petricic was Middle East Correspondent for [[The National (TV program)|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,<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.


In 2015, Petricic was appointed China Bureau Chief for CBC in Beijing. He followed the rise in power of Chinese President 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 Chinese President 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>

Revision as of 21:20, 15 October 2021

CBC videojournalist Saša Petricic on assignment in Antarctica, March 2007

Saša Petricic[1] is a Canadian journalist. He is currently the Asia Correspondent and videojournalist for CBC Television's The National and other CBC News programs, based in Beijing, China. He previously spent four years covering the Middle East.

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.

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 December 26, 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia and genocide in Rwanda, the September 11 attacks on the U.S. and Canada's mission in Afghanistan for CBC News.

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,[2] Libya,[3] Syria and Tunisia.

In 2015, Petricic was appointed China Bureau Chief for CBC in Beijing. He followed the rise in power of Chinese President Xi Jinping[4] and a new, more assertive China. In the region, he covered standoffs between South Korea and North Korea from both countries,[5] pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong,[6] 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.[7]

Petricic has also taught television journalism at the National University of Rwanda, through the non-profit Rwanda Initiative,[8] and conducted courses in documentary-making at the Canadian Screen Training Centre [9] and through the London-based organization Raindance.[10] He is a trainer for videojournalists at the CBC.

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.[11][12] 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.[13] 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.[14]

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.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ Also spelled Saša Petričić or Саша Петричић
  2. ^ “Egypt Elections”, CBC News The National
  3. ^ "Libya After Ghadafi", CBC News The National
  4. ^ "Who is Xi Jinping", CBC News The National
  5. ^ "Challenges of Reporting from North Korea", CBC News The National
  6. ^ "Hong Kong Protests", CBC News The National
  7. ^ "Wuhan Revisited", CBC News The National
  8. ^ [1]
  9. ^ [2]
  10. ^ "Home".
  11. ^ "Fighting for Allepo", CBC News The National
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2014-03-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "Evil Revisited", CBC News The National
  14. ^ "Christianity Comes to Thailand", CBC News The National
  15. ^ Taylor, Lesley Ciarula (12 June 2013). "Turkey protests: CBC journalists Sasa Petricic, Derek Stoffel arrested in Istanbul". The Toronto Star.
  16. ^ Hurriyet Daily News, 13 June 2013, CBC reporter detained in Taksim: It’s a first in my career
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