Nneka Elliott was a weather anchor, reporter and traffic specialist at CP24 from July 2008 until May 2011. She lived in St. Vincent and the Grenadines before moving to Canada

Canada

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. She graduated from Ryerson University

Ryerson University

Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...

's radio and television program in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 in 2006. Previous to joining The Weather Network

The Weather Network

The Weather Network is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel that broadcasts weather-related news and information 24 hours a day....

, Elliot was a reporter, audio editor and anchor

Anchor

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 for CFRB

CFRB (AM)

CFRB, Newstalk 1010, is an AM radio clear-channel station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, broadcasting on 1010 kHz, with a shortwave radio simulcast by CFRX-SW on 6.070 MHz. The station broadcasts a mix of talk and news throughout the day from its transmitter located in the community of...

 in Toronto

Toronto

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. Elliot has also co-hosted a weekend radio program at HITZ FM in St. Vincent

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....

 and wrote for its news station. She has an interest in geography

Geography

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 and climate

Climate

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, and continued on to work for The Weather Network.
She was also a member of Canadian Idol

Canadian Idol

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's top 100 in season 2

Canadian Idol (season 2)

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.

Most recently, Nneka was part of the CP24 team, working as a weather/traffic specialist from July 2008 until she announced her resignation from CP24 on election day May 2, 2011

Nneka has announced that she would start her own media skills development company called The Media Huddle based in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

. It services media professionals to develop various skills to hone their brand in the media world while connecting with other media professionals. The seminars have featured speakers: Trey Anthony

Trey Anthony

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, Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley

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, Danielle Restivo from LinkedIn

LinkedIn

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 Canada, Social Media

Social media

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 guru

Guru

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 Donna Messer, and Dalton Higgins.

The Media Huddle was launched in May 2011 with a party in Toronto. Guests included Dwight Drummond

Dwight Drummond

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, Rosey Edeh

Rosey Edeh

Rosey Edeh is a Canadian television personality, currently a correspondent for the entertainment newsmagazine series ET Canada.Edeh was born in London, England...

, Dalmar Abuzeid

Dalmar Abuzeid

Dalmar Abuzeid is a Canadian actor. He plays the character Danny Van Zandt on the Canadian series Degrassi: The Next Generation. He also plays a main role on the Teletoon series Majority Rules!...

, Divine Brown

Divine Brown

Divine Brown , previously known as Divine Earth Essence, is a Canadian rhythm and blues and soul singer and theatre performer....

and more.