Saroja Coelho is a Canadian journalist and radio personality, currently the weekend host of Mornings on CBC Music,"Revolving Door". Broadcast Dialogue, September 12, 2024. the call-in show Just Asking on CBC Radio One,Connie Thiessen, "CBC Radio introducing new live Saturday afternoon call-in show". Broadcast Dialogue, February 22, 2024. and the CBC Radio Overnight block.
Originally from Toronto, Ontario, Coelho was a foreign correspondent, reporting from Asia and Eastern Europe for CBC, BBC, NPR, Deutsche Welle and National Geographic.Gordon Lambie, "Saroja Coelho settling in as new host of Breakaway". Sherbrooke Record September 22, 2016. In 2012, she became the host of Living Planet on Deutsche Welle, before returning to Canada to host Breakaway, the local afternoon program for CBC Radio One's Quebec Community Network in 2016.Steve Faguy, "Saroja Coelho is new host of CBC Quebec's Breakaway radio show". Montreal Gazette, September 22, 2016. She returned to Toronto in 2018, where she was a regular guest host of Here and Now during Gill Deacon's health leave, and became host of Mornings after Raina Douris left the program in 2019."Revolving door". Broadcast Dialogue, August 16, 2018.
Just Asking, a weekly call-in show on lifestyle topics such as health, careers and investment, debuted on CBC Radio One in February 2024 on Saturday afternoons. First introduced as a one-hour show, it was later expanded to two hours to align with the older call-in show, Cross Country Checkup, in the equivalent timeslot on Sundays.
Coelho studied biology and political science at the University of Toronto,Donna Nebenzahl, "Camp lets girls make waves: Aims to empower". Montreal Gazette, July 10, 2000. and was a coordinator of Women Active, Vocal, Effective and Strong, a leadership program for young girls, in the early 2000s."Making some WAVES: Help for young women". Toronto Star, July 3, 2001.
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