Jim Reed (journalist)

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Jim Reed
Born
Robert James Reed

(1938-10-20)20 October 1938
Goderich, Ontario, Canada
Died12 February 2011(2011-02-12) (aged 72)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationTelevision journalist
Years active1972–2011
Employer CTV Television Network (1972–1990)
CBC News (1990–2002)
Notable credit(s)
W5 producer, co-host
(1972–1990)

Robert James Reed was a Canadian journalist, producer and news anchor, best known for his work on W5, a CTV Television Network current affairs program.

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Early life

Reed was born in Goderich, Ontario in 1938. He had three sons.

Broadcasting career

Reed joined W5, a national Canadian newsmagazine and current affairs program, in 1972 as a producer. [1] His notable achievements with W5 included an interview with Susan Nelles, a nurse falsely accused in the Toronto hospital baby deaths in 1980 and 1981, and the first North American interview with Yasser Arafat in 1981. [1] Subsequent to this, Reed worked for 12 years as a journalist at CBC News, and also worked for TVO and as a freelance journalist for The Associated Press, The New York Times , and The Globe and Mail . [2]

During his career, he was awarded three Gemini Awards and a Gordon Sinclair Award for excellence in journalism. [2]

Reed died on 12 February 2011 in Toronto of non-small cell lung cancer. [2]

Career timeline

Awards

Public and industry awards

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References

  1. 1 2 "Remembering Jim Reed, CTV news" . Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Jim Reed, former CBC anchor, dies; CBC News" . Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  3. "Cinema Canada, January 1987" . Retrieved 12 February 2019.