Shanelle Kaul joined CBS News from Canada, where she reported and anchored for the country’s #1 breaking news channel, CP24. During her more than decade in the field, Shanelle covered elections across the country, ravaging wildfires in Alberta, and the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa.
She also anchored network programs including CTV News Channel, CTV’s national morning show Your Morning, and guest-hosted CTV’s national talk show The Social.
In 2021, Shanelle returned to her alma mater, Toronto Metropolitan University, to teach news production to journalism students.
Born in Sri Lanka, she is deeply passionate about human rights and social justice issues – and has worked with several South Asian organizations to share stories of cultural identity and heritage.