Paul Workman (journalist)

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Paul Workman is a Canadian television journalist, who was the London bureau chief for CTV News until 2023. [1] Prior to joining CTV News on July 13, 2006, he was a journalist for CBC News for over twenty years. [2]

He won a Gemini Award for Best Reportage at the 11th Gemini Awards in 1997 for "Romanian Journey to Canada". [3]

He has also been a Gemini Award or Canadian Screen Award nominee at the 9th Gemini Awards in 1995, the 15th Gemini Awards in 2000, [4] and the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.

In 2024 he was named the recipient of the Gordon Sinclair Award, the lifetime achievement award for journalism, at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards. [5]

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References

  1. "Revolving Door". Broadcast Dialogue, June 29, 2023.
  2. Guy Dixon, "CBC reporter Paul Workman jumps to CTV". The Globe and Mail , July 14, 2006.
  3. "CBC rules first night of Geminis". Canadian Press, February 28, 1997.
  4. "Complete list of Gemini nominees". Toronto Star , September 20, 2000.
  5. Etan Vlessing, "Devery Jacobs, Lamar Johnson to Receive Honorary Canadian Screen Awards". The Hollywood Reporter , April 4, 2024.