Andrea Mead Canning is a Canadian-American journalist. She is currently working for NBC News. She was named a Dateline NBC correspondent in October 2012 and also contributes to other NBC News platforms such as Today,NBC Nightly News and MSNBC. She also is a fill-in anchor and news anchor on Today and Weekend Today.
Her earlier assignments included work for WCPO-TV in Cincinnati as a reporter and co-anchor of the evening newscast. From 1999 to 2001 Canning worked for WPTV-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida and from 1997 to 1999 was a reporter and anchor for CKVR-TV in Barrie, Ontario. She was also the morning anchor for WXVT-CBS in Greenville, Mississippi. Prior to CKVR, from 1996 to 1997, Canning was an assignment editor for the tabloid TV show Extra. While living in Los Angeles she was also an intern for Baywatch and shared a house with future media personality and host Ryan Seacrest.
She was a correspondent for ABC News from 2004 until April 2012, where she covered the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court and the Iraq War for ABC's affiliate NewsOne. While at ABC News, Canning covered a wide array of stories ranging from crime stories and notable trials to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the Casey Anthony case. Her public profile was elevated considerably after she interrogatedCharlie Sheen for 20/20 on February 28, 2011. The interview was subsequently used as the basis for a viral video that received more than 10 million views during its first 9 days on YouTube. During her time at ABC News, Canning contributed to "Good Morning America," "Nightline," "World News With Diane Sawyer" and "20/20," while regularly anchoring the early morning broadcasts, "World News Now" and "America This Morning." Canning also served as an alternate news reader for "Good Morning America".
NBC News
Canning joined NBC News in October 2012, as a correspondent for Dateline while contributing to other NBC News platforms.
Hallmark Movies and Mysteries
Andrea has appeared in the role of a news anchor in the popular series on Ruby Herring Mystery movies beginning in 2019.
Personal life
Canning is married to Lt. Col Tony Bancroft, USMCR, an F/A-18 instructor pilot. They have five daughters and one son: Anna, Charlotte "Charlie," Christina "Kiki," Georgia, Elle and George Anthony Bancroft III. She is a member of Alpha Gamma Delta and was presented with their Talent of Leadership award in 2015 and their Distinguished Citizens Award in 2018. On The Today Show “A Toast to 2018,” she announced her sixth pregnancy, and that it was a boy. This child, George Anthony Bancroft III, was born after five girls, and is Canning's first son.
