CBC's Adrienne Arsenault on famine reporting, tight deadlines

Welcome to the first installation of Ask CBC News.

Adrienne Arsenault, Toronto-based correspondent for The National, has fielded two questions from the CBC Community.

We would like to thank Paul Swartz of Vancouver for asking if reporters share food in famine zones and CBC Community member Kensington 1 of Victoria for asking how journalists check their facts while on tight deadlines.

About Adrienne Arsenault

Adrienne Arsenault. (CBC)Adrienne Arsenault is a Toronto-based correspondent for The National. She has previously been based in London, England and Washington D.C.

Over the years, and across the continents, Arsenault's assignments have included disasters, conflicts, politics, sports and basic human dramas.

She has won and been nominated for several Gemini awards, was named the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association's journalist of the year in 2005, picked up a Gracie award for outstanding female correspondent and a Monte Carlo festival award for her coverage of the Zimbabwe election.

Read her full bio or connect with her on Twitter @adriearsenault

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