Katie Simpson

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Katie Simpson
Simpson in 2024
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Katie Simpson is a Canadian journalist who is currently a foreign correspondent for CBC News based in Washington, D.C.[1]

Education

Simpson holds a bachelor's degree in media, information and techno culture from Western University.[2]

Career

Simpson reported on the Rob Ford video scandal for CP24.[3][4]

She worked in the parliamentary press gallery in Ottawa[5] until 2019 when she became a foreign correspondent at the CBC News Washington Bureau in October 2019.[2]

Simpson covered the 2019 Canadian federal election[6] and the 2020 United States elections for CBC.[7]

In 2024, she reported on the prosecution of Donald Trump in New York.[8]

Filmography

Year Film Type Role
2025 Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem[9] Documentary Herself

References

  1. "Katie Simpson – Politics | CBC". CBC. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  2. "CBC News Washington Bureau hires Simpson as foreign correspondent". Talking Biz News. October 30, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  3. "Reporter Has The BEST Reaction To Rob Ford". HuffPost Canada. November 14, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  4. "Rob Ford video: The moment Toronto mayor's profane comment leaves reporters stunned". nationalpost. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  5. Moss, Neil (October 30, 2019). "Scribes on the move: Andy Blatchford, Ryan Tumilty join new Hill bureaus; Katie Simpson heads to D.C., and Marie-Danielle Smith joins Maclean's". The Hill Times. The hill times. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  6. "Katie Simpson – Can Justin Trudeau win the Canadian election?". RNZ. July 20, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  7. "CBC's Katie Simpson on American politics, the 2020 election and holding politicians accountable". CBC News. February 8, 2020.
  8. Panetta, Alexander (May 30, 2024). "Here are 3 potential outcomes of the Trump jury deliberations". CBC News.
  9. Hussein, Ilyas (June 19, 2025). "Inside Netflix's new documentary about Rob Ford, Toronto's 'Mayor of Mayhem'". Toronto Star. Retrieved July 28, 2025.