Rita Celli (born 1969 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian radio journalist, currently the host since 2006 of Ontario Today on CBC Radio One's stations in Ontario. During her tenure, the show has earned a number of awards including three Gracie Awards for Outstanding Talk Show (2013, 2011, 2010), a Gabriel Award in the News and Informational Local Release category (2011), the Sam Ross Award for Editorial Writing/Commentary from the Radio Television News Directors Association (2009) and a silver medal in the International Breaking News category at the New York Festival (2008). In 2014, Celli was awarded the prestigious Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Investigative Journalism. In 2000, she and a team of CBC journalists won an investigative award from the Canadian Association of Journalists. Prior to Ontario Today, Rita held a number of positions at CBC on both radio and television, including anchor of CBC Ottawa's supper hour news. Born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario, she graduated from Carleton University’s journalism program in 1991. References External links CBC profile 1960s births Living people Canadian people of Italian descent Canadian radio news anchors Canadian talk radio hosts Canadian television news anchors Canadian television reporters and correspondents Carleton University alumni CBC Radio hosts CBC Television people Journalists from Ontario People from Greater Sudbury Canadian women radio journalists Canadian women television journalists Canadian women radio hosts