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Election 2015 reporter anecdotes: Laura Payton
Laura Payton shares her most memorable moment in the 2015 federal election campaign.
Laura Payton has covered federal politics for eight years. In that time, she’s followed the trials of several politicians and staffers, and written about everything from robocalls to whether our politicians believe Santa Claus is Canadian. Earlier this year, Laura won the R. James Travers Fellowship, a Canadian journalism prize.
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