At present, he brings his hard-hitting investigative skills to CTV's current affairs show W5 as a senior reporter. Malarek has been with W5 for 13 years. From 1990-2000 he was a co-host of CBC's investigative documentary show The Fifth Estate. Prior to that, he spent fourteen years with The Globe and Mail as senior reporter and investigations editor. Malarek has been recognized for his work over the decades, including four unprecedented Michener Awards for meritorious public service journalism presented by the Governor General. In 1997, he won a Gemini Award as Canada's Top Broadcast Journalist.FriesenPress has turned the investigation around to learn more about the 5 W’s - Who, What, Where, When and Why of his first fiction, Orphanage 41.