Career
She was previously a foreign correspondent for National Broadcasting Company News based in its London bureau. A graduate of Red River College, Friesen has worked in journalism since 1985, working in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Winnipeg, Manitoba; Brandon, Manitoba.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
And Vancouver, British Columbia. Canadian Broadcasting Company News
Friesen reported and anchored for Canadian Broadcasting Company Television in Vancouver and for Canadian Broadcasting Company Newsworld.
CTV News
Friesen then moved to CTV as a national reporter for the network, and an anchor for CTV NewsNet. She previously served as a backup host for CTV"s Canada Department of Administration and Management and a parliamentary reporter for CTV News in its Ottawa bureau.
National Broadcasting Company News
She moved to National Broadcasting Company News in 1999, and was a foreign correspondent in the network"s London bureau.
While at National Broadcasting Company, Friesen covered international stories including the Israeli Palestinian conflict and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Friesen also spent month in various Middle Eastern countries, covering stories such as the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi. Friesen also covered elections in the United Kingdom, and later returned to Vancouver to take part in National Broadcasting Company"s coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
She reported and contributed to various National Broadcasting Company News platforms, including National Broadcasting Company Nightly News, The Today Show and Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company. Global National
Friesen succeeded former anchor Kevin Newman and began anchoring Global National on September 20, 2010.
