Kevin Newman (Canadian journalist)

Kevin Newman (born 1959 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian journalist and news anchor. Since 2001, he has been anchor of Global National.

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1959 - Toronto, Ontario - Canadian - 2001 - Global National

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Newman's began his career in broadcasting as a reporter for Global in 1981. In 1986, he moved to CTV as the network's parliamentary correspondent, and in 1988 he joined the CBC as a reporter and anchor, hosting the CBC's Midday from 1992 to 1994. He was also a substitute anchor on The National.

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1981 - 1986 - CTV - Parliamentary - 1988 - CBC - Midday - 1992 - 1994 - The National

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In 1994, Newman moved to ABC News in the United States, working as a correspondent for World News Tonight until, in 1998, he became co-anchor, with Lisa McRee, of Good Morning America. The show, which had been struggling in the ratings, continued to perform poorly, and Newman was reassigned to other reporting duties with ABC in 1999.

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1994 - ABC News - United States - World News Tonight - 1998 - Lisa McRee - Good Morning America - 1999

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In 2001, Global launched Global National, and hired Newman as its first anchor and executive editor.

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2001 - Global

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Newman led a televison first in Canada. In 2004 Global National with Kevin Newman hit the road on the "Decision Canada" Election tour. The other networks followed suit with their own version of the tour. Later in 2004, Newman was the only Canadian anchor to anchor coverage of the U.S. presidential election from the United States.

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"Decision Canada" Election - U.S. presidential election

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He also writes an online blog, and occassional columns which appear in The National Post newspaper.

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http://www.members.shaw.ca/emshaw/SHAW/Homepagex.html has a section devoted to him.

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