Thalia Assuras

Thalia Assuras
Born	London, Ontario
Alma mater	University of Western Ontario
Occupation	Journalist, media consultant
Years active	1981 – present

Thalia Assuras is a veteran television journalist and the principal of a consulting practice focused on media relations, media training, strategic planning and executive coaching.

Assuras was born in London, Ontario to parents who immigrated from Tripoli, Greece, after World War II. She attended London Central Secondary School, and remained in London to attend the University of Western Ontario, pursuing a bachelor of science degree. She graduated in 1980, then entered the graduate program in journalism and earned her master's degree in 1981.

Twenty-one years later she commented on the impact the journalism program had had on her:

Assuras has worked for CITY-TV and Global Television, including a stint as reporter and weekend anchor for CityPulse from 1985 to 1988. She was the evening anchor at Global TV in 1989. From 1992 to 1993 she worked for CTV, anchoring Canada AM. She then moved to ABC, and in May 1993, joined Aaron Brown as co-anchor of World News Now. She shared that late-night anchor desk with Boyd Matson, fellow Canadian Kevin Newman, and Mark Mullen before leaving the show in January 1997.

In 1997 she moved to CBS, first joining CBS Eye On People, a cable network that CBS launched in March 1997. She also worked as a national correspondent and later became co-anchor of The Saturday Early Show in 1999 and the CBS Evening News Saturday, also in 1999, alternating with Russ Mitchell. In a June 22, 1998 article in Maclean's, Assuras commented on her reason for moving to the United States, saying "I wanted to live in a different country. And I wanted to work where you have all the tools you need on a story." In July 2009, Assuras left CBS after her contract with them expired.

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