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Canadian journalist (born 1952) For other people named Richard Brown, see Richard Brown (disambiguation).

Richard Brown (born c. 1952) is a Canadian journalist from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Career

Brown is a former high school teacher and speech writer for Liberal Party of Canada. He started broadcast journalism with CFRN in Edmonton, Alberta.

In 1981 he was one of the first news presenters of CNN Headline News. He has also presented news at Global TV Toronto, CTV Toronto, WCBS-TV NYC, KGO-TV San Francisco (1990–96), and KXLY-TV Spokane, Washington (1998-2007). He hosted a daily radio talk show on CKOM and CJME in Saskatchewan. In 2013, Brown was appointed Chief Communications Officer for the then-mayor of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Don Atchison.

Brown has received eight Emmys, Radio Television News Directors Association and Associated Press awards, and the George Foster Peabody medal for his coverage of the Rwanda Civil War and Refugee Crisis in 1994.

References

  1. ^ "Off-the-air with Richard Brown". spokesman.com. 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  2. "Connect: Off-the-air with Richard Brown".
  3. ^ "The Afternoon News with Richard Brown". CJME. RawlcoRadio. Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
  4. Rubin, Sylvia (June 18, 1996). "Anchor Brown Out At KGO / Dan Ashley replaces Peabody Award winner". SFGate. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
  5. "Richard Brown, Chief Communications Officer for the Mayor, shows off a souvenir while the judges panel is introduced during Swinging with the Stars at TCU Place in Saskatoon, January 24, 2015". theprovince.com. 2015-01-26. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  6. "Rwanda, 1994, Organization: KGO-TV". The Peabody Awards. www.peabody.uga.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2011-01-13.


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