Su-Ling Goh

Global Edmonton's Su-Ling Goh brings you Health Matters weeknights at 6.00 on the News Hour.

From groundbreaking research at the University of Alberta, to the touching stories of the Stollery Children's Hospital, Su-Ling reports on local medical advances, breakthroughs, and studies.  She cuts through the medical jargon to make her stories as easy to understand as they are accurate. She also tells the inspiring tales of Edmontonians who don't allow their illness or disability to get in their way.

Su-Ling is no stranger to television viewers. She helped launch A-Channel Edmonton (now Citytv) in September of 1997, where she worked as a writer and videographer.  She then moved to A-Channel Calgary to anchor that station's supper-hour entertainment segment.

That led to the big gig, hosting Inside Entertainment, a national entertainment show on Global.  For six seasons, Su-Ling covered some of the world's glitziest red carpet events and interviewed Hollywood's hottest stars.  Her most memorable interviews include Robin Williams, Nicole Kidman and a “pre-Tomkat” Tom Cruise.  Two of her career highlights are walking down the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, and chasing down U2's Bono at the Grammys.

In the spring of 2006, Su-Ling returned to the City of Champions to join Global Edmonton.  She's pleased to return to her scientific roots as she has a Bachelor of Science degree with Specialization in Zoology from the University of Alberta.  She's also happy to meet inspiring people everyday, who keep things in perspective for her.  “It's hard to be down about anything in my life when I've just finished interviewing a young mom battling ovarian cancer, or a teenage amputee,” she says. 

Su-Ling has received two prestigious honours from the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA).  In 2008 she won the Prairie Regional Award in the Best Short Feature category for her very moving story about an Edmonton family's struggle to deal with the loss of one of their twin baby boys. In 2009, Su-Ling won the Adrienne Clarkson Diversity Award for the Prairie Region. This honour was for her inspirational story about a special ballet class for kids with severe disabilities. She also picked up an Honourable Mention for her report on the need for better sexual education for people with disabilities.

So how did Su-Ling go from science to television broadcasting?  “I fell in love with my TV while taking a year off after my degree, so I enrolled at NAIT.”

Su-Ling grew up in St. Albert, graduating from St. Albert High School. Outside of work, the recently married reporter enjoys dinner dates with her husband.

As for Su-Ling's favourite book? “Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary.”