Joanne Roberts is a Filipina-Canadian journalist, filmmaker and fashion blogger. She currently works with CityNews Winnipeg. Joanne most enjoys reporting on human-interest and arts & culture stories. Notably, she's the host of the CBC series "Being Asian. Competing Truths" and the director of the award-winning series "I Am" with CBC's Creator Network.

As a filmmaker, Joanne's work revolves around voices in the Filipino community. Her autobiographical film "Anak" won the emerging filmmaker's pitch competition at the Gimli International Film Festival in 2020, along with a spot on the Most Fascinating Manitobans list the same year. 

Joanne loves cyclical fashion and uses her disciplines to also share consignment and thrift finds on social media, often while she's on assignment or on set.

Joanne's latest release is an interview with Emmy Award winner and Academy Award nominee, Rory Kennedy, in collaboration with Film Training Manitoba.  Joanne is also appearing in the first episode of "Immigrant Kitchen" with Prairie Boy Productions, due to stream on Yes TV in the summer of 2024.