Rita Celli (born 1969 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian radio journalist, who was the host of Ontario Today on CBC Radio One's stations in Ontario from 2006 to 2023."Longtime Ontario Today host Rita Celli retires". CBC News Ottawa, November 23, 2023.
Born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario, she graduated from Carleton University’s journalism program in 1991.Laura Stradiotto, "Shyness no longer issue for CBC personality". Sudbury Star, September 24, 2007. Prior to Ontario Today, she held a number of positions at CBC on both radio and television, including anchor of CBOT-DT's supper-hour newscast."Radio, TV programs shuffle Ottawa hosts". Ottawa Citizen, September 18, 2006.
In 2000, she and a team of CBC journalists won an investigative award from the Canadian Association of Journalists."National Post wins top journalism awards". Prince Albert Daily Herald, April 10, 2000. In 2014, Celli was awarded the Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Investigative Journalism.James Bradshaw, "Toronto Star wins public-service journalism award for Ford investigation". The Globe and Mail, June 11, 2014.
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