Dianne Buckner is a former Canadian television journalist, best known as a host of business-oriented programming, such as Venture and Dragons' Den, on CBC Television and CBC News Network. Buckner has also been a guest anchor on CBC news programs such as CBC News: Sunday, Midday and As It Happens, and has served as a back-up anchor on CBC News Network. She previously worked for CTV, where she hosted the consumer awareness program Live It Up! and was a reporter for Canada AM and CTV National News. She became host of Venture in 1997, succeeding Robert Scully.