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CBC News correspondents take you behind the scenes as they cover the biggest events around the world. Personal stories from our reporters who were there while the story was breaking.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020

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Introducing: Recall: How to Start a Revolution
32:22
Secrets in Sport: Mark Tewksbury and the 1992 Olympics
18:12
From Tragedy to Champion: Chantal Petitclerc and the 2008 Paralympics
14:57
Inside the Munich Massacre: Byron MacDonald and the 1972 Olympics
13:42
ICYMI: Keith Boag: Tear Gas and "The Talk". Ferguson 2014
11:12
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee: Mark Lee and Muhammad Ali, 1987.
17:35
The Stolen Game: Karina LeBlanc, Soccer and the 2012 Olympics
15:11
ICYMI: Cremations and Car Batteries. Adrienne Arsenault, Nepal 2015
18:05
From hero to zero in 9.79 seconds: Scott Russell and the 1988 Seoul Olympics
14:56
The boy on the beach: Gillian Findlay, 2015
13:36
Escape from Egypt: Mohamed Fahmy, 2013
10:45
The Power of the Pope: Steven D'Souza and the papal conclave, 2013
10:36
Connie Walker and the first­hand legacy of residential schools.
14:06
Benazir Bhutto: Over the decades. Carol Off, 1986
17:24
Airstrikes, bank robbers and a golden toilet: David Common and the Iraq Invasion, 2003
15:28
The rise and fall of Stephen Harper: Susan Lunn and the Federal Election, 2015
14:01
The earthquake and the aftermath: David Gutnick, Haiti, 2010
17:28
Extra: Peter Mansbridge Inside the Tunnels at Vimy Ridge
6:07
A sea of oil: Paul Hunter and the BP oil spill, 2010
15:20
Walking Across a Continent: Nahlah Ayed and The Refugee Crisis, 2015
15:24
Back to Zero: Curt Petrovich, Typhoon Haiyan, The Philippines 2013
16:57
Extra: A Loss of Innocence. Louise Elliott and The Ottawa Shooting 2014.
4:17
A Town Forever Changed: Stephen Puddicombe in Lac Mégantic 2013
14:45

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