Michael Hainsworth

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Michael Hainsworth
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Michael Hainsworth, August 2022
Born
Ontario, Canada
Education Humber College: Radio Broadcasting (1990 – 1992)
OccupationIndependent Technology & Finance Content Creator
EmployerSelf employed
Known forFormer reporter for CTV Toronto, Anchor of The Business News and The Close on Canada's financial news network, Business News Network.
Website http://www.hainsworth.com

Michael Hainsworth is a former business reporter for CTV Toronto and CTV affiliates across Canada. He anchored The Close on Canada's financial news network, BNN Bloomberg (formerly Business News Network). He also filed business reports for Toronto all-news channel CablePulse24 and national cable news network CTV News Channel. He is no longer with CTV or BNN, having left mainstream media in 2018 to launch an independent content creation studio. [1] For 8 seasons, Hainsworth also co-hosted the podcast Geeks and Beats [2] with Alan Cross. In September, 2022, Hainsworth relaunched the show as a web series Where's My Jetpack? [3] about the technology we were promised as kids, what we actually got, and what's coming next in which he adopts a "rant" style delivery about news of the day tied to science-related topics. His rant Time to Bring Back the Experts [4] has more than 17K views on Twitter.

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Career

A veteran Toronto broadcaster, Michael got his start in radio at Mix 99.9 in Toronto 1988 producing overnight music and current affairs shows while still in high school. Hainsworth's 11 years in radio include six at the all-news station 680 News in Toronto. During his tenure as a reporter for the station, Hainsworth won the 1998 Best Spot News award from the Toronto Police Service for his breaking news coverage of the crash of the RAF Hawker Siddeley Nimrod aircraft during the Canadian International Air Show.[ citation needed ] He later filled in as anchor the "afternoon drive" broadcast before moving to the business desk.

In 2000, Hainsworth moved to television, taking a position in the nascent BNN.

In addition to once hosting some of BNN's top rated programs, viewers may also have recognized Michael Hainsworth for his work distilling the day's financial news on local CTV newscasts across Canada and for CTV News Channel. [5]

Hainsworth frequently refers to himself as a "computer geek" and maintains a technology and human interest oriented blog [6] that features stories often covered for the networks. Hainsworth also used to operate a Mac-oriented First Class Bulletin Board System (BBS) [7] called "Sanctuary". He regularly interviewed technology analyst, David Garrity, on the latest technology trends. [8]

Education

Hainsworth is an honours graduate of the radio program at Humber College in Toronto. [9]

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ "Mark Satov Interviews Michael Hainsworth" . Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Geeks and Beats" . Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Where's My Jetpack" . Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Time to Bring Back the Experts" . Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Business News Network" . Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Meet TV's Michael Hainsworth" . Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Bulletin Board System" . Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  8. ↑ Facebook's fake news problem is not just a U.S. issue, it's a global one: Garrity , retrieved 2017-02-21
  9. ↑ "Education" . Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  10. ↑ "Honors and Awards" . Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  11. ↑ "Honors and Awards" . Retrieved 28 February 2014.


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