David Studer

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David Studer is a Canadian television news producer, who was a longtime producer for the CBC Television newsmagazine program The Fifth Estate . [1] He was the winner of the Gordon Sinclair Award for excellence in Canadian broadcast journalism at the 14th Gemini Awards in 1999. [2]

Studer began his career with CTV News in the 1970s, before leaving that network to join the CBC in 1980. [3] He left The Fifth Estate in the early 2010s, becoming director of journalistic standards and practices for the CBC. [4]

Awards

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryWorkResultRef(s)
Gemini Awards 1994 Best Information Series The Fifth Estate
with Kelly Crichton
Nominated [5]
1995 Won [6]
1996 The Fifth Estate
with Susan Teskey
Nominated [7]
1997 Won [8]
1998 Won [9]
1999 Best News Information SeriesNominated
Gordon Sinclair Award Won [2]
2000 Best News Information SeriesThe Fifth Estate
with Susan Teskey
Won [10]
2002 The Fifth Estate
with Jim Williamson
Won [11]
2004 The Fifth Estate
with Sally Reardon
Won [12]
2005 Nominated
2006 Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program The Fifth Estate: "Black Dawn"
with Jane Mingay, Jim Williamson, Douglas Arrowsmith
Nominated [13]
2007 Best News Information SeriesThe Fifth Estate
with Sally Reardon
Won [14]
2008 Won [12]
2009 Won [12]

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References

  1. "'Fifth estate' gets right to work". Toronto Star , October 6, 1999.
  2. 1 2 "Trudeau show big winner". Toronto Star , October 26, 1999.
  3. "Two more quit CTV news staff". The Globe and Mail , October 17, 1980.
  4. Terry Glavin, "After the Paris atrocities, a long-overdue reckoning with ourselves". Ottawa Citizen , January 14, 2015.
  5. Greg Quill, "The Gemini nominees are . . ." Toronto Star , January 26, 1994.
  6. "The winners at yesterday's Gemini Awards gala". Montreal Gazette , March 6, 1995.
  7. "Major Gemini nominees; Awards gala to be broadcast March 3". Montreal Gazette , January 25, 1996.
  8. Christopher Harris, "Gemini awards honour broadcast journalists". The Globe and Mail , March 1, 1997.
  9. Craig MacInnis, "Traders, Newsroom big winners at Geminis". Halifax Daily News , March 2, 1998.
  10. "Early Gemini winners Saturday". Edmonton Journal , October 30, 2000.
  11. "And the Gemini winners are…". Playback , November 11, 2002.
  12. 1 2 3 Sonya Bell, "The Fifth Estate". The Canadian Encyclopedia , September 16, 2022.
  13. "CBC scoops news Geminis amid CTV boycott". Waterloo Region Record , October 18, 2006.
  14. "Documentary that helped lead to conviction of Klansman snags Gemini Award". Canadian Press, October 15, 2007.