Natasha Staniszewski
Born (1978-05-25) May 25, 1978
Edmonton, Alberta
OccupationSports Broadcaster
Known forSportsCentre, TSN

Natasha Staniszewski (born May 25, 1978) is a Canadian sports reporter and media host for the Calgary Flames and Calgary Stampeders. She is a former anchor on SportsCentre, TSN's flagship news and information show.[1]

Broadcasting career

Staniszewski began her career in 2006 as a news reporter at CTV Yorkton in Saskatchewan, before moving to sports reporting at CTV Prince Albert.[2] In 2007, she relocated to CTV Saskatoon as the station's sports anchor and reporter covering the WHL and university athletics.[3]

Two years later, Staniszewski returned home to CTV Edmonton in 2009, where she covered the Edmonton Oilers, the Edmonton Eskimos and the 2010 Grey Cup, and anchored the station's top-rated nightly and weekend sportscasts.[2] After covering the 2010 Grey Cup, TSN vice-president Mark Melliere was looking for someone to cover Jennifer Hedger's anchor position while she left for maternity leave.[4] Staniszewski eventually co-hosted the weekend SportsCentre alongside Bryan Mudryk following Holly Horton's departure in 2011. Soon after, she moved over to the morning SportsCentre co-hosting with Kate Beirness, becoming the first regular female duo to anchor the show.[5] She then anchored SportsCentre regularly with another female, Lindsay Hamilton, and the female duo acted as the alternative morning show to SC with Jay and Dan.[1]

On February 4, 2021 after 10 years at TSN, Staniszewski was let go as part of a series of layoffs at Bell Media.[6] On March 8, 2022, it was announced that she had been hired by Calgary Sports and Entertainment as a media host for the Calgary Flames and Calgary Stampeders.[7]

Personal life

Staniszewski was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta,[3] and is of Polish descent.

She was an athlete growing up, excelling in basketball and volleyball, winning a provincial title in the latter in high school. She then earned a business degree from the University of Alberta but decided at the age of 26 that she did not want to pursue a career in business, but rather a career as a sports broadcaster.[5] She went on to complete her broadcasting degree at NAIT in Edmonton.

References

  1. 1 2 "Natasha Staniszewski". TSN.ca.
  2. 1 2 "Sportscaster Natasha Staniszewski Signs with One Eleven Management Group". One Eleven Management Group. March 26, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Natasha Staniszewski – Canada In A Day". canadainaday.ca. September 10, 2019.
  4. ↑ https://www.pressreader.com/canada/edmonton-journal/20110905/281500747963694. Retrieved 20 November 2023 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 1 2 "Alberta Media Personality — Natasha Staniszewski, Edmonton-born Co-Host at TSN SportsCentre". mediamag.ca. December 10, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Dan O'Toole, Natasha Staniszewski and Brent Wallace let go by TSN as part of Bell Media layoffs". Kelowna Now. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Alberta Media Personality — Natasha Staniszewski, Edmonton-born Co-Host at TSN SportsCentre". Daily Hive. March 9, 2022.
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