Graham Richardson (journalist)

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Graham Richardson
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Born (1970-06-07) June 7, 1970 (age 54)
Nationality Canadian
Education Queen's University
University of King's College
Occupation Television journalist
SpouseLeigh Anne
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Graham Richardson is a Canadian television journalist who was the anchor for CTV Ottawa's 6 o'clock newscast on CJOH-DT from 2010 to 2024.

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Background

Richardson was born in Connecticut to Canadian parents and raised in Toronto. He earned a Bachelor's Degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and a post-graduate journalism degree from the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Career

He worked for the CBC in Calgary, Alberta until 1997. He then joined CITV in Edmonton and stayed until 2001, at which time he joined Global outlet CIII-TV in Toronto as host of Focus Ontario . [1] [2] He then joined CTV as parliamentary correspondent and occasional fill-in host for Mike Duffy Live . When Mike Duffy left CTV, Richardson anchored On the Hill in that time slot for several weeks.

As parliamentary correspondent, he covered the controversy about confidential documents dealing with the Chalk River nuclear reactor having been left at the CTV news bureau. [3] Richardson was himself quoted as saying the documents had "been here in the bureau for six days and we hadn't heard from Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt or her office looking for them". [4]

In December 2009, it was announced that in March 2010, he would replace the retiring Max Keeping as news co-anchor at CJOH-TV.

On June 13, 2024, Richardson announced that he'd be stepping down as anchor of the CTV Ottawa 6 PM newscast. His last show was on July 5, 2024. [5]

Recognition

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References

  1. Weinreb, Arthur (August 25, 2003). "Where the media was when the lights went out". Canada Free Press . Retrieved 2009-10-27.
  2. Sherwin, Fred (June 8, 2007). "Credibility Gap" (PDF). The Eastender. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
  3. "CEUDA Defends Senate Committee on National Security and Defence". CCNMatthews. October 18, 2006. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  4. Kersten, Mark (June 3, 2009). "Another Conservative Minister Leaves Secret Nuclear Files Behind". DigitalJournal.com. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  5. Richardson, Graham (June 13, 2024). "Graham Richardson stepping away from CTV Ottawa". CTV News Ottawa. Retrieved July 6, 2024.