Michael Harris (journalist)
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Michael Harris at the Registry Theatre, April 2015
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| Born | Michael Terry Harris |
| Occupation | writer, journalist, author, documentary filmmaker |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Citizenship | Canada |
| Alma mater | York University |
| Subjects | Canadian Politics, abuse of power, government malfeasance, democracy |
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Michael Harris (born 1948) is a Canadian investigative journalist, radio personality, documentary filmmaker, novelist, iPolitics columnist and the award-winning author of nine books.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, to Audrey McDonald (née Tilley) and James McDonald, Harris is a graduate of York University in Toronto, and was a Woodrow Wilson Scholar (University College in Dublin, Ireland). His work has sparked four Royal Commissions of Inquiry.
Harris went to Newfoundland in 1977, as a story editor for CBC Television owned-and-operated station CBNT's newscast Here and Now, before becoming the founding publisher and editor-in-chief of The Sunday Express in St. John's. There he broke the Mount Cashel orphanage abuse story and the Sprung Greenhouse boondoggle. Later he went on to become the Executive Director of News and Current Affairs for the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland, then owner of the local CTV Television Network affiliate CJON (NTV).
Harris was at one time a Queen's Park correspondent for the National Post, the Globe and Mail as Atlantic Bureau Chief and later a senior parliamentary correspondent in Ottawa.
In Ottawa Harris hosted an afternoon radio talk show, Michael Harris Live, on Ottawa-based CFRA, and was a columnist for The Ottawa Sun newspaper until March 2011.Michael Harris Live on CFRA Ottawa was cancelled February 9, 2012. He is now a columnist for the website iPolitics.
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