Astrid Braunschmidt started working for CTV News team just after her graduation. Astrid had also worked for radio stations as a program assistant in Honolulu, Hawaii.
As she was an awesome storyteller, her interpreting skill helped her to be promoted to a host of CTV.
Later in 2006, she started hosting a series which was set to reach out to all British Columbians who wanted to celebrate and learn more about Great Victoria’s history.
Career Timeline:
- 2001-2011: Anchor-reporter in CIVI Television – CTV Vancouver Island
- 2011-present: Meteorologist/Anchor-reporter in CIVI Television – CTV Vancouver Island
She is also one of the social philanthropists who traveled to Uganda accompanying the international aid group Watoto for providing their effort in caring for AIDS orphans and rehabilitating former child soldiers in the year 2008.
Currently working as a weather forecaster in the channel, she was awarded RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award in Hard News Reporting in 2010 for her discovery of an owner of a burnt derelict tugboat abandoned in Sooke Harbor.
She was also nominated for YM-YWCA Women Distinction award in the Communication and Public Relation category.
