Mike Crawley
| Mike Crawley | |
|---|---|
| Born | Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
| 💼 Occupation | Journalist |
| 👔 Employer | CBC News |
| 🏅 Awards | Canadian Screen Award nominee (2019) RNAO Media Award (2023) CAJ Gold Award (2025) |
Mike Crawley is a Canadian journalist who serves as a correspondent for CBC News. He is currently based in Washington, D.C., covering American politics. From 2009 to 2024, he was CBC's senior provincial affairs reporter at Queen's Park, where he covered Ontario politics for 15 years and has been described as "a respected industry veteran"[1] and "a respected Queen's Park veteran."[2]
Career
Crawley was born and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick.[3] He began his journalism career in newspapers, working as a reporter for the Kamloops Daily News (1991–1994) and The Vancouver Sun (1995–1996), then worked in radio in New Brunswick.[3] He spent approximately seven years as a freelance journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya, covering various parts of Africa for The Christian Science Monitor and other outlets.[3][4]
Crawley joined CBC News in 2005, initially reporting from New Brunswick before moving to Toronto in 2008.[3] In 2009, he became CBC's provincial affairs reporter at Queen's Park.[5] By 2010, following budget cuts at CBC, he was described as "the only one left to regularly represent the crown corporation" at Queen's Park.[5] During his tenure covering Ontario politics, Crawley reported on the governments of premiers Dalton McGuinty, Kathleen Wynne, and Doug Ford,[6] including major stories such as the eHealth Ontario scandal, the Greenbelt controversy, and COVID-19 pandemic coverage.
During the 2018 Ontario election campaign, Crawley fact-checked Doug Ford's claim that families would pay $1,000 more in new taxes. When Ford explained his math as "$200 times five," Crawley asked why the children in a family of five would be paying income tax.[7] In December 2019, Crawley participated in a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" session about Ontario politics.[8]
In 2024, Crawley became CBC News's Washington correspondent.[9]
PC Convention security incident
In February 2020, while reporting live outside the Ontario PC Party convention in Niagara Falls, Ontario, a private security guard attempted to block Crawley from broadcasting and threatened to call police.[10][11] The nearly four-minute confrontation aired live on CBC News Network.[2]
BlogTO wrote that Crawley "handled the situation with class."[1] Government House Leader Paul Calandra called the incident "troubling" and credited Crawley for being "very impressive" in how he handled it.[10] The PC party issued an apology, though the private security company disputed the party's explanation, stating they had been "instructed by the PC party to remove media from the property."[12][13]
Awards
Crawley was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Local Reporter in 2019.[14] He won the 2023 RNAO Media Award for Best Radio News Report from the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario,[4] and a Gold Award from the Canadian Association of Journalists in 2025 for data journalism, for an investigation into international student study permits co-authored with Valérie Ouellet, Aloysius Wong, and Andreas Wesley.[15]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 O'Neil, Lauren (February 24, 2020). "Security guard fails to stop journalist from doing his job outside Ontario PC convention". BlogTO. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Leslie, Keith (February 28, 2020). "Ontario PCs anti-media bias ends up making them look stupid". The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Mentorship – Spring 2024". Canadian Association of Journalists. February 2024. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Radio – Best news report: Mike Crawley (2023)". Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario. 2023. Archived from the original on February 10, 2025. Retrieved January 24, 2026 – via Wayback Machine.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ore, Jonathan (April 23, 2010). "Scrum and Gone". Ryerson Review of Journalism. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
- ↑ Rizza, Alanna (May 14, 2019). "Power Hungry". Ryerson Review of Journalism. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
- ↑ Hennessy, Trish (May 1, 2018). "Two worlds collide". Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
- ↑ "CBC reporter Mike Crawley answers your Queen's Park questions". CBC News. December 22, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Spiteri, Ray (February 23, 2020). "Tories apologize after security guard blocks CBC reporter during live TV report in Niagara Falls". Niagara Falls Review. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
- ↑ Ferguson, Rob (February 21, 2020). "Ontario Tories gather to plan for the next election fight". Toronto Star. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
- ↑ "Doug Ford's Campaign Manager Insulted Teachers and the Media Behind Closed Doors at the Ontario PC Convention". PressProgress. February 24, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
- ↑ Ferguson, Rob (February 22, 2020). "Labour leaders threaten general strike as they protest outside Ontario PC convention". Toronto Star. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
- ↑ "Mike Crawley – 2019 Canadian Screen Awards Nominee". Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television. 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
- ↑ "Canadian Association of Journalists celebrates excellence in Canadian journalism from 2024 at annual awards gala". Canadian Association of Journalists. June 1, 2025. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
External links
- Mike Crawley on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Mike Crawley at CBC News
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