Kayla Hounsell

Reporter

Kayla Hounsell is no longer with CTV Atlantic.

Kayla Hounsell is an award-winning reporter for the CTV News at 6.

She joined the CTV Atlantic team in 2009 and very quickly worked her way up to the anchor desk, taking on the role of anchor and producer of the weekend edition of the CTV News at 6.

She held that position for two years before choosing to return to the field to focus on her first love - reporting.

A proud Newfoundlander, Kayla left home to attend Carleton University’s School of Journalism.

While at Carleton, Kayla spent two months in Africa training journalism students at the National University of Rwanda.

In 2015, she travelled to South Sudan to work on behalf of CTV with Journalists for Human Rights.

In 2016, Kayla was awarded an International Development Reporting Fellowship from the Aga Khan Foundation of Canada and the Canadian Association of Journalists, which allowed her to travel to Liberia to produce a documentary for CTV’s W5.

Kayla’s work, drawing attention to homelessness in Halifax, has garnered awards from both the Radio & Television Digital News Association, and nationally from the RTDNA.

In 2013 she was named the RTDNA President’s Fellow and was subsequently awarded a scholarship to the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Before settling in the Maritimes, Kayla worked in the Nation’s Capital, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

An East Coast girl at heart, she is thrilled to call Halifax home, and considers it a privilege to tell Maritime stories each and every day.

When she isn’t chasing news, Kayla is likely to be found with her nose in a book, catching up with friends and family across the country, or winding down in a yoga studio.