Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi has been hired by MSNBC starting this week, channel president Phil Griffin announced Tuesday. Velshi is a Northern Secondary School alumnus and his sister, Ishrath Velshi, lives locally and was a candidate for Council for Ward 26 in 2014. His father Murad Velshi was MPP for Don Mills from 1987 to 1990. As a young reporter, Ali Velshi was employed by CFTO-TV and by the CTV Network. He most recently worked for Al Jazeera America, which closed down earlier this year. He worked for CNN and in 2011 hosted American Morning in an anchor-trio with Carole Costello and Christine Romans. In making the announcement, Griffin said Ali Velshi’s “sharp economic analysis will be a valuable asset to MSNBC as we dig deeper into every angle of the news and build on our ratings momentum in all dayparts”.
