Andrea Canning

About

Andrea Mead Canning (born December 10, 1972) is a Canadian-born journalist and writer. She was named a Dateline NBC correspondent in 2012 and contributes to other NBC News platforms such as Today, NBC Nightly News and MSNBC. She also is a fill-in anchor and news anchor on Today and Weekend Today.
In addition to working as a journalist, Canning is a writer for Hallmark Channel and Lifetime movies.

Canning was born in Collingwood, Ontario and grew up in Collingwood, Ontario. She graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a degree in psychology in 1994. She also studied radio and television arts at Ryerson Polytechnic University.

Her earlier assignments included work for WCPO-TV in Cincinnati as a reporter and co-anchor of the evening newscast. From 1999 to 2001, Canning worked for WPTV-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida and from 1997 to 1999 was a reporter and anchor for CKVR-TV in Barrie, Ontario. She was also the morning anchor for WXVT-CBS in Greenville, Mississippi. Prior to CKVR, from 1996 to 1997, Canning was an assignment editor for the tabloid TV show Extra. While living in Los Angeles, she was also an intern for Baywatch and shared a house…