Richard Brown (journalist)

For other people named Richard Brown, see Richard Brown (disambiguation).

Richard Brown (born c. 1952) is a Canadian journalist from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.^[1]

Career

Brown is a former high school teacher and speech writer for Liberal Party of Canada.^[2] He started broadcast journalism with CFRN in Edmonton, Alberta.^[1]

In 1981 he was one of the first news presenters of CNN Headline News.^[3] He has also presented news at Global TV Toronto, CTV Toronto, WCBS-TV NYC,^[3] KGO-TV San Francisco (1990–96),^[4] and KXLY-TV Spokane, Washington (1998-2007).^[1] He hosted a daily radio talk show on CKOM and CJME in Saskatchewan.^[3] In 2013, Brown was appointed Chief Communications Officer for the then-mayor of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Don Atchison.^[5]

Brown has received eight Emmys, Radio Television News Directors Association and Associated Press awards,^[3] and the George Foster Peabody medal for his coverage of the Rwanda Civil War and Refugee Crisis in 1994.^[6]

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. ^{[permanent dead link‍]}
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.