Richard Brown (journalist)

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

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

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.
  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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