Dave MacDonald joined CBC Radio in 2001. Prior to that, he was co-owner of a film and television production company in Toronto. Apart from his regular work on Information Morning, he has contributed reports and documentaries to network programs including The House, The World at Six, World Report, Maritime Magazine, Inside Track, and The World This Weekend.

He is an occasional guest host on the regional program Maritime Noon. Career highlights at CBC include reporting from the 2004 and 2006 Olympic Games, and hosting radio coverage of the New Brunswick provincial election. He won an RTNDA award for his documentary

"Everybody's Miracle."