Colleen McEdwards is anchor of World News on CNN International. Before joining CNN, she worked for the CBC in various regions of Canada. She covered politics for six years, reporting on several elections, and anchored the CBC’s evening newscast.

During her 15 years as a broadcast journalist, McEdwards has covered such major international stories as the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, the final pullout of Soviet troops from the Czech Republic, political unrest in Haiti and the Lockerbie bombing trial. McEdwards has received several awards for her political reporting, including the New York Festival Award and a Worldfest Houston Award. She studied Russian in St. Petersburg and honed her French conversational skills while living in Canada and Europe.

McEdwards has received several awards for her political reporting, including the New York Festival Award in 1992 and a Worldfest Houston Award in 1996.

McEdwards earned an honor's degree in English and Russian literature from the University of Waterloo. She is the 1999 recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Waterloo. She studied Russian in St. Petersburg and honed her French conversational skills while living in Canada and Europe.