Global National with Dawna Friesen is Canada’s only early evening national newscast. Our Vancouver-based program presents breaking news and analysis with a distinctive voice, hours before our competitors. Eric Sorensen became Global National’s Senior National Affairs Correspondent in early 2014. Eric spent eight years as Global National’s Washington Bureau Chief covering the most significant stories in the U.S. and around the world. Eric is a master storyteller, his writing equally elegant and economical, whether he’s covering a hard news story or an entertainment piece on the Oscar night that will go down in history.