David Cochrane is host of POWER & POLITICS, Canada's premier daily political show, that airs from 5 to 7 p.m. ET weekdays on CBC News Network.

David joined the parliamentary bureau as a senior reporter in 2016. Since then, he has reported from 11 countries across four continents. David played a lead role in CBC's 2019 and 2021 federal election coverage. He was also central to CBC's coverage of the federal government response to COVID-19 and the trucker convoy that occupied downtown Ottawa in the winter of 2022.  

Before Ottawa, David spent nearly two decades covering politics in his beloved Newfoundland and Labrador where he hosted the RTDNA award winning political show On Point with David Cochrane. 

David has also been awarded a Canadian Screen Award for television reporting and RTDNAs for best radio feature and digital analysis.

David is a proud graduate of Memorial University of Newfoundland where he got his start in journalism as the news editor of the student newspaper The Muse.