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Justin Chandler - Journalist

 Justin chandler

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Credit: Justin Morris


Hello! I’m a reporter with CBC Hamilton. I’m a Canadian Media Guild union member and organizer. Previously, I worked three years as TVO’s Hamilton-Niagara reporter.

When I’m not reporting, you can find me reading, gaming, hiking, rock climbing, playing hockey or doing yoga.

You can read my latest work on cbc.ca/hamilton, and see my older pieces on the portfolio or archive sections of this site.

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work history

I report on the Hamilton-Niagara region for Canada’s public broadcaster.

From May 2020 to September 2023, I covered current affairs in Hamilton and Niagara for TVO. I produced short videos and appeared on The Agenda With Steve Paikin.

From 2016 to 2022, I co-hosted Radio Free Krypton, a radio show/podcast about comics and the people who make them on CJRU 1280 AM in Toronto.

From March 2018 to May 2020, I worked at CBC in Toronto. I worked as a reporter and/or producer for Cross Country Checkup, Day 6, The Current, As It Happens, CBC Music, CBC Arts and CBC’s Sirius XM department.

From July 2016 to April 2022, I co-hosted and produced Radio Free Krypton, a weekly comic book radio show and podcast on CJRU 1280 AM. I managed the show and it's social media.

I graduated from the journalism program at Toronto Metropolitan University in June 2018.

In Winter 2018, I worked as a news editor at The Eyeopener, Toronto Metropolitan University’s independent student newspaper. I was a producer on the Eyeopener podcast’s inaugural season. 

In Fall 2017, I completed a six-week internship at CBC radio show Day 6.

As part of my fourth year in my journalism program, I worked at the newspaper now called On the Record as an audio producer. I was also a deputy newsroom manager.

I was the business and technology editor at The Eyeopener between May 2016 and May 2017. I've got bylines in the paper's news, biz & tech, features, arts and fun sections going back to September 2014. 

 I taught swimming and first aid for seven years.


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