Libby Znaimer
Canadian journalist, TV and Radio personality and Cancer survivor
Style
On the platform Libby elicits the same compelling, forthright and fascinating response from her audience as she always has on television and radio. Great!
Books
Profile
Libby Znaimer is a prominent Canadian journalist specializing in health, the arts, and lifestyle issues. After working in television broadcasting covering business and politics for two decades, she joined MZ Media in 2006. She serves as Vice-President of News and Information for both Classical 96.3FM and AM740. She is also producing and hosting The Zoomer Report, a special feature on all topics of interest to the baby boom generation – It covers everything from health and wealth, to leisure and volunteerism, from the special vantage point of the generation that has changed society in its wake. Libby also writes a regular column for Zoomer Magazine.
She has contributed to numerous publications including Reader’s Digest, More Magazine, the Globe and Mail, and the National Post, where wrote a popular series on breast cancer called “The Lump.” Her first book, In Cancerland – Living Well Is The Best Revenge – was published by Key Porter in October 2007.
Libby broke into print journalism with The Associated Press in Tel Aviv. She then moved into television, with stints at Global Television, KSTP-TV in Minneapolis, and WNBC in New York. She covered Parliament Hill for three years, then moved to reporting and anchoring daily news coverage for ground-breaking television stations Citytv and CablePulse 24. She was also an on-air host for ROBtv (now Business News Network.)
Libby is active in a number of cancer-related causes. She is the national spokesperson for Pancreatic Cancer Canada, and co-Captain of Team Zoomer, which raises funds for The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation.
Clients Comments
“Libby held our audience of 250 in rapt attention as she discussed her year long battle with cancer. Her charismatic and confident style -- speaking from the heart and without notes -- provided a comfortable atmosphere in which to hear and share in her compelling story. The openness and honesty of the questions from the audience following Libby's presentation made it clear that she had touched a chord with everyone."
Topics
- LIVING WELL IS THE BEST REVENGE
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The stats are staggering - one in eight women will get breast cancer. It is almost a rite of passage, and if that's the case we have to figure out how to pass through it, and to help our mothers, sisters and friends do the same. When I was first diagnosed I felt as though I was entering a parallel universe - I call it Cancerland, a place where everything is life and intense and the people are ministering angels. I decided right away that even though I was going to spend a huge amount of time in Cancerland, I wasn't going to suspend my other life. I discovered that you can live and live well with this disease.
- BABY BOOMERS AND RE-INVENTION
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First I lost my job in television when I was on the wrong side of forty. I did a short-term contract, and just as I was settling into the business of looking for work, I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Terrifying as it was, it opened many new doors. I also ended up starting a new job after my first round of chemotherapy, and embarking on a whole new adventure I would never have imagined a few years ago. This talk is about rolling with the punches and enjoying change. - EMCEE
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Years of on-air experience in both television and radio have created the kind of poise, spontaneity and confidence corporate clients seek for hosting events.