Kevin Newman

Digital News Evangelist & Anchor: CTV 'Question Period' CTV News / Bell Media

  • Ottawa ON

Award-winning International Journalist, Producer & Digital 'Evangelist'

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Biography

Kevin Newman is a distinguished national and international journalist who has been reporting for almost 30 years, covering or anchoring news in the midst of election nights, wars, revolutions and assassinations.

In 1984 Newman joined Global Sportsline and later reported from Queen’s Park and Global’s Ottawa Bureau. In the late 1980s, he became a correspondent for CTV National News, and covered stories in Alberta and the Canadian Arctic for CBC The National.

In 1994, Newman joined ABC News in New York and served as a back-up Anchor & correspondent for World News Tonight and co-hosted Good Morning America. He also co-anchored ABC World News Now and World News This Morning. A defining moment in Newman’s career occurred when he effectively reported the breaking news of Princess Diana’s death, earning rave reviews for his knowledgeable, assured delivery under tremendous pressure. Newman earned two Emmy Awards and a distinguished Peabody Award for his reporting and anchoring at ABC News.

Newman returned to Canada in 2001 as the Founding anchor & Executive Editor of Global National. Four years later it was Canada's #1 newscast, and his work earned multiple Gemini Awards as Best Anchor. In 2010 he departed the newscast to pursue his interest in digital media. He is currently Digital News Evangelist at Bell Media - Canada's leading media company - and Host of CTV News Question Period: Canada's #1 Sunday Morning political broadcast.

Throughout his varied career, Newman has interviewed some of the world’s most memorable leaders, including Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela, Bishop Tutu and Jimmy Carter. He has also traveled the world to deliver news from distant locations, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Iceland, Russia and The Vatican.

Newman is also founder of New Man Media Ltd.which has co-produced multiple documentaries and the reality series 'Operation: Unplugged'.

Industry Expertise

Writing and Editing
Media Production
Corporate Leadership
Media - Broadcast
Information Services
International Affairs
Performing Arts

Areas of Expertise

Digital Media Technologies
Journalism
Digital Technologies and Journalism

Accomplishments

Recipient - Emmy Award

Kevin received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in 2001, and won another Emmy for Outstanding News and Documentary Program Achievement in 2000. The News & Documentary Emmy Awards is a major national broadcast journalism competition. It promotes journalistic excellence by awarding the coveted Emmy to the very best news reports and documentary films aired on national television or streamed over the Internet each year.

Recipient - George Foster Peabody Award

Kevin received a George Foster Peabody Award for his ABC 2000 Millennium Coverage. The George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious service by broadcasters, cable and Webcasters, producing organizations, and individuals. Today the George Foster Peabody Awards are often cited as the most selective and prestigious in electronic media.

Recipient - Edward R. Murrow Award

In 2003, Kevin received an Edward R. Murrow Award in the category of Best International Continuing Coverage. The Radio Television Digital News Association has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Murrow Award recipients demonstrate the excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for the electronic news profession.

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Education

University of Western Ontario

Bachelor of Arts

Politics/Economics

1981

Western University Canada

Honourary Doctorate

2011

Event Appearances

The Transformational Possibilities of Mobile and Visual Media

Kickass Talks for CARE  Ottawa, Ontario

2011-10-02

KEYNOTE EMCEE

Canada 3.0 2010  University of Waterloo Stratford Campus

2010-05-10

KEYNOTE SPEECH

Communitech Leadership Conference 2011  Kitchener, Ontario

2011-03-02

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Sample Talks

The BIG Conversation

The BIG Conversation is about big shifts in the industry — both tech business (balance sheet, end of internal application development, global motions) and tech trends (rise in startup funding, niche stuff, everything mobile and cloudy), and more.

Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Moderator
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader
  • Host/MC

Fees

$3500 to $5000