The Resume

Anchored CTV's 'Canada AM'
Reports for NBC & MSNBC News (1999- ) out of their London Bureau

Why she might be annoying:

Her name is a nightmare. Dawna is pronounced Donna not DawnA. Friesen is sometimes misspelled Freisen even on MSNBC's web site.
She mostly covers fluff stories like Bono, The Pope, Paul McCartney's wedding, etc.

Why she might not be annoying:

Her reports on military sexual harassment and abuse of the deaf won her several awards.
She graduated Red River College in Winnipeg.
During Operation Iraqi Liberation, she was called on to do hard news and handled it well.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• I am a Mennonite
• I Come from Canada
• News
• Newsvine Top 10 Hot Canadian Chicks [April 2007] (Ranked: 10)
• Profiles 7751-8000 (Ranked: 7852)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 72 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 48 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 25 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 64 Votes: 67.19% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 47 Votes: 74.47% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 58.06% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 89 Votes: 74.16% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 110 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 219 Votes: 65.30% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 298 Votes: 56.38% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 393 Votes: 62.85% Annoying