Faster than a speeding photon
More powerful than locomotive physics
Able to leap new theories in a single bound
Look! Out on the street!
It’s a girl! And she’s Sassy…

It’s … Sassy Sonya – Science Adventurer!
But she’s not science fiction. Sassy Sonya (a.k.a. science journalist Sonya Buyting) is very real.

An intrepid and fearless reporter, who also likes to have a good laugh, Sassy Sonya is on a quest: To journey to the heart of the universe and bring back knowledge.

Armed with charm, moxy and a science degree from the University of New Brunswick & a journalism degree from Ryerson University, she’s ready to disarm anyone in her path. Like the time she interrupted the Dalai Lama as he was getting up to leave at the end of a press conference. She needed to ask him about science. But that’s another story …

The stories she wants to talk about now are the freshest dispatches from the science universe, stories ready for her fresh, sassy and scintillating take. And in her quest to bring back knowledge, she’s sharing it all on her Sassy Science Podcast along with a wide assortment of funky music. Science + Music = Sassy

No mild-mannered Clark Kent, Sonya spends her (day) working hours as a television host, producer, and director for Canada’s leading high definition broadcaster - High Fidelity HDTV. There she hosted a 26-episode series called, “Collector Showdown” for Treasure HD - a channel is devoted to collectibles, the rare, the lost and the unusual. Now she’s going to festivals all over Canada for a new series she’s hosting, producing, and directing called, “Festival Bound” for Equator HD - another one of High Fidelity HDTV channels. Party on!

For such a young, brash superhero, Sonya has a lot of experience. For more than five years, she produced and presented stories from all over the world for Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet (formerly @discovery.ca). It’s an award-winning show. She should know, because she helped her team to win:

• Worldfest Houston Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards in 2005 for Mars specials
• Gemini nominations in 2000, 2001 and 2002
• A Bronze Award at the World Fest Film Festival in 2001, for an Africa Special
• Best of News Category Award at the International Wildlife Film Festival Awards for Whales and Sonar
• Finalist at The New York Festival for Whales and Sonar

When she’s not flying in the face of convention, she stays grounded with her partner in crime - Tim Steeves - an award winning comedian and comedy writer and by visiting her incredibly large family in New Brunswick.

Written by: Laura Boast, Segment Producer at Daily Planet, Discovery Channel Canada