Kevin Newman (journalist)
| Kevin Newman | |
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Newman at the Halifax International Security Forum 2012
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| Born |
June 2, 1959 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | news anchor, reporter |
| Notable credit(s) |
CTV News (1986–1988; 2012-present) CBC News (1988–1994) World News Now (1994-1996) Good Morning America (1997-1999) Global National (1981–1986; 2001-2010) |
| Spouse(s) | Cathy Kearns |
Kevin Newman (born June 2, 1959) is a Canadian journalist and news anchor. From 2001 to 2010, he was the chief anchor and executive editor of Global National. In August 2014, he became a substitute anchor of CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme and host/correspondent for the investigative series W5; in 2016, he was named as the permanent host and managing editor of the latter program.
He is co-author of All Out, a memoir written with his son Alex.
Newman was born in Toronto, Ontario. He began his career in broadcasting at CHRW radio in London, Ontario, becoming the first news director and working on Western Mustangs football broadcasts as the campus station of the University of Western Ontario formally organized. After graduating, he landed his first job as a reporter for Global Ontario in 1981. In 1986, he moved to CTV as the network's parliamentary correspondent, and in 1988 he joined CBC Television as a reporter and anchor, hosting Midday from 1992 to 1994. He was also a substitute anchor on The National.
In 1994, Newman moved to ABC News in the United States, where he anchored World News Now until 1996. He also anchored ABC World News This Morning, and served as a correspondent for World News Tonight. In June 1997, ABC News assigned Newman as newsreader of Good Morning America after the departure of Elizabeth Vargas. In May 1998, he was named co-anchor, with Lisa McRee, of Good Morning America. The show, which had been struggling in the ratings, continued to perform poorly, and both McRee and Newman were reassigned in January 1999 to other reporting duties within ABC, with Newman becoming a correspondent for Nightline. Newman anchored breaking news coverage of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
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