Judy Waytiuk
Judy Waytiuk is a freelance writer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
She began her journalism career at the Winnipeg Free Press, as agriculture reporter, general reporter and business writer.
After the Free Press, she joined CBC Television in Winnipeg as a morning television co-host, then spent two years in Toronto as co-host and producer for the short-lived national business program "MoneyMakers". She returned to Winnipeg in 1978 to host the CBC regional current affairs weekly program "Points West", and moved onto CBWT's 24Hours as reporter in 1979.
In 1987 she joined CKND to "assume responsibility for TV news and current affairs programming".
After leaving television news in 1994, she became a freelance journalist, writing for several magazines. She specializes in story/photo packages covering aspects of Canadian social geography, history, and culture. Since her move into freelancing, She has won the 2008 Travel Story of the Year Award and a 2003 Northern Lights Award from the Canadian Tourism Commission, the 2003 Tourism Industry Association of Canada Globe and Mail Travel Media Award, the 2002 Pluma de Plata award from the Mexico Tourism Board, a 2001 Travel Manitoba Tourism Media Award, and the 2001 Travel Media Association of Canada Best Canadian Destination Article Award.
