Tom Kennedy (born April 12, 1952) is a former Canadian television journalist, who was associated over the course of his career with both CBC News and CTV News.[1]
He was one of the few Canadian journalists present when the crisis in Tiananmen Square hit in Beijing, in June 1989. He won the Gemini Award for Best News Reportage at the 4th Gemini Awards, for his coverage of Tiananmen Square.[3] He later won a second Gemini Award for Best News Reportage at the 14th Gemini Awards in 1999.[4]
In 2001, he became the CTV News bureau chief in London, England and spent the next dozen years covering major international events.[1] Beginning in 2012, he was based out of Toronto, doing documentaries for CTV's newsmagazine series W5, for which he won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015.[5] He left CTV in 2015, following a round of staffing cutbacks.[6]
^ ab"Tom Kennedy leaves CBC to become London-based correspondent for CTV". Welland Tribune, February 6, 2001.
^"Award nominees have local connections". The Telegram, August 30, 2003.
^John McKay, "Geminis awarded last night". Montreal Gazette, December 5, 1989.
^John McKay, "CBC News big Gemini winner on first night". Welland Tribune, November 6, 1999.
^"'Amazing Race Canada' wins at Screen Awards". Toronto.com, February 25, 2015.
^David Bateman, "Bell Media mass job cut affects TV personalities". Toronto Star, November 18, 2015.
^Leslie Scrivener, "Dawna Friesen: From shy prairie girl to Global news anchor". Toronto Star, September 20, 2010.
January 07, 2023
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