# Jane Taber > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jane_Taber > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jane_Taber.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Taber > Source revision: 1345328894 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Canadian journalist (born 1957)}} '''Jane Taber''' (born 1957) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [public servant](/source/public_servant), former [political journalist](/source/political_journalist) and [television](/source/television) host of [public affairs](/source/Public_affairs_(broadcasting)) programming. Taber was appointed [Director of Communications](/source/Director_of_Communications) under former [Premier of Nova Scotia](/source/Premier_of_Nova_Scotia), [Iain Rankin](/source/Iain_Rankin) of the [Nova Scotia Liberal Party](/source/Nova_Scotia_Liberal_Party) in February 2021.{{cite tweet |user=larochecbc |title=Former Globe and Mail reporter Jane Taber will be Premier @IainTRankin Director of Communications. #nspoli |number=1363831805091188737 |url=https://mobile.twitter.com/larochecbc/status/1363831805091188737 |date=February 22, 2021 |access-date=1 Sep 2021}}{{cite web |publisher=Carleton University |title=Board of Governors: Jane Taber - Community |url=https://carleton.ca/secretariat/boardofgovernors/people/jane-taber/ |access-date=1 Sep 2021}} ==Career== ===Political journalism=== Taber reported on [Parliament Hill](/source/Parliament_Hill) news beginning 1986, working as a parliamentary reporter and columnist for the ''[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen)'', the ''[National Post](/source/National_Post)'', and ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)''.{{Citation|last=The Globe and Mail|title=Globe political reporter Jane Taber reflects on 37 years as a journalist as she leaves the newsroom|date=2016-08-12|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud43ljPwmWo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/Ud43ljPwmWo |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|access-date=2018-10-16}}{{cbignore}} For three seasons, from 1995 to 1997, she was the host of a 30-minute-long political affairs show on [WTN](/source/W_Network) called ''Jane Taber's Ottawa''.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/ Toronto G&M] She also co-produced an hour-long documentary on the struggles of women in politics broadcast during the [1997 Canadian federal election](/source/1997_Canadian_federal_election). Working under [Bell Media](/source/Bell_Media)'s umbrella of companies, Taber was co-host of [CTV Television Network](/source/CTV_Television_Network)'s ''[Question Period](/source/Question_Period_(TV_series))'' with [Craig Oliver](/source/Craig_Oliver_(Canadian_journalist)) from 2005 to 2011, while also a senior parliamentary writer at ''The Globe and Mail'''s [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa) bureau from 2003 to 2012. She relocated to the newspaper's [Halifax](/source/Halifax_Regional_Municipality) office in 2012, becoming the Atlantic Bureau Chief.{{Cite news|url=http://j-source.ca/article/jane-taber-celebrated-leaving-the-hill-to-head-the-globes-atlantic-bureau/|title=Jane Taber celebrated, leaving the Hill to head the Globe's Atlantic bureau - JSource|date=2011-12-01|work=JSource|access-date=2018-10-16|language=en-US}} On June 26, 2011, Taber relinquished her role as co-host of ''Question Period'' to [Kevin Newman](/source/Kevin_Newman_(journalist)). However, she continued to take part in the program as a regular guest journalist, and acted as a stand-in host for [Don Martin](/source/Don_Martin_(journalist)) on CTV News Channel's ''[Power Play](/source/Power_Play_(Canadian_political_affairs_series))''. ===Public relations=== Leaving journalism in 2016, Taber entered the [public relations](/source/public_relations) field as vice president of public affairs at National Public Relations (Res Publica Consulting Group) in Halifax.{{Cite web|url=https://www.national.ca/fr/auteurs/jane-taber/|title=Jane Taber - NATIONAL|website=www.national.ca|language=fr|access-date=2018-10-16}}{{Cite web|url=http://marketingmag.ca/media/globe-and-mail-political-reporter-joins-national-180607/|title=Globe and Mail political reporter joins National|website=marketingmag.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-16}} Following the resignation of Nova Scotia Premier [Stephen McNeil](/source/Stephen_McNeil), Taber moderated the [Nova Scotia Liberal Party](/source/Nova_Scotia_Liberal_Party)'s candidate forum for its [2021 Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership election](/source/2021_Nova_Scotia_Liberal_Party_leadership_election) on December 10, 2020. While still Vice President at National Public Relations at that time,{{cite web |publisher=Liberal Party of Nova Scotia |title=First 2021 Liberal Leadership Candidate Forum |date=December 10, 2020 |url=https://liberal.ns.ca/first-2021-liberal-leadership-candidate-forum/ |access-date=1 Sep 2021 |archive-date=1 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901110746/https://liberal.ns.ca/first-2021-liberal-leadership-candidate-forum/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite AV media |publisher=LiberalPartyNS |title=2021 Liberal Leadership Candidate Forum |date=December 10, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMBD2_Wbf5c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/PMBD2_Wbf5c |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|access-date=1 Sep 2021}}{{cbignore}} Taber was later appointed Director of Communications for the winner of the leadership race, Premier of Nova Scotia Iain Rankin, in February 2021. After Rankin's dramatic loss for the Liberals in the [2021 Nova Scotia general election](/source/2021_Nova_Scotia_general_election) on August 17, 2021, Taber rejoined National Public Relations as vice president, Public Affairs. ==Personal life== Educated at [Carleton University](/source/Carleton_University), Taber was elected to its board of directors for a term of three years on July 1, 2019. Taber is married to [editor](/source/editor) David F. Guy of [allNovaScotia](/source/allNovaScotia), a subscription-based online newspaper. They have two children.{{Cite news|url=https://www.themacdonaldnotebook.ca/2017/10/13/macpolitics-jane-tabers-brood-off-to-ottawa/|title=MacPolitics: Jane Taber's Brood Off To Ottawa|date=2017-10-13|work=The Macdonald Notebook|access-date=2018-10-16|language=en-US}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taber, Jane}} Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian television journalists Category:Canadian newspaper journalists Category:Writers from Ottawa Category:Canadian women television journalists Category:Canadian political journalists Category:CTV Television Network people Category:Carleton University alumni Category:Canadian political writers Category:The Globe and Mail columnists Category:National Post people Category:Ottawa Citizen people Category:Women political writers Category:Canadian public relations people --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jane Taber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Taber) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Taber?action=history)). 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