Kevin Newman
Digital News Evangelist & Anchor: CTV 'Question Period' CTV News / Bell Media
Media
Social
Biography
In 1984 Newman joined Global Sportsline and later reported from Queen’s Park and Global’s Ottawa Bureau. In the late 1980s, he became a correspondent for CTV National News, and covered stories in Alberta and the Canadian Arctic for CBC The National.
In 1994, Newman joined ABC News in New York and served as a back-up Anchor & correspondent for World News Tonight and co-hosted Good Morning America. He also co-anchored ABC World News Now and World News This Morning. A defining moment in Newman’s career occurred when he effectively reported the breaking news of Princess Diana’s death, earning rave reviews for his knowledgeable, assured delivery under tremendous pressure. Newman earned two Emmy Awards and a distinguished Peabody Award for his reporting and anchoring at ABC News.
Newman returned to Canada in 2001 as the Founding anchor & Executive Editor of Global National. Four years later it was Canada's #1 newscast, and his work earned multiple Gemini Awards as Best Anchor. In 2010 he departed the newscast to pursue his interest in digital media. He is currently Digital News Evangelist at Bell Media - Canada's leading media company - and Host of CTV News Question Period: Canada's #1 Sunday Morning political broadcast.
Throughout his varied career, Newman has interviewed some of the world’s most memorable leaders, including Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela, Bishop Tutu and Jimmy Carter. He has also traveled the world to deliver news from distant locations, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Iceland, Russia and The Vatican.
Newman is also founder of New Man Media Ltd.which has co-produced multiple documentaries and the reality series 'Operation: Unplugged'.
Industry Expertise
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
Board of Directors - Communitech Digital Media Incubator Hub
Communitech is a non-profit organization that supports technology companies in Waterloo Region and promotes the area as a technology cluster. Our programs and events connect professionals, share ideas, and strengthen companies. We also champion innovation and collaboration on a provincial and national level. The newly-built Communitech Hub is a unique digital media ecosystem and one of many commercialization facilities that make up the Canadian Digital Media Network, which we proudly steward.
Recipient - Gemini Award
In 2005 and 2006, Kevin received the Gemini Award for Best News Anchor. He also won a 2008 Gemini Award in the category of Best Newscast. The Gemini Awards honour the best in Canadian television as determined by members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television and other industry professionals.
Recipient - Edward R. Murrow Award
In 2003, Kevin received an Edward R. Murrow Award in the category of Best International Continuing Coverage. The Radio Television Digital News Association has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Murrow Award recipients demonstrate the excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for the electronic news profession.
Recipient - George Foster Peabody Award
Kevin received a George Foster Peabody Award for his ABC 2000 Millennium Coverage. The George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious service by broadcasters, cable and Webcasters, producing organizations, and individuals. Today the George Foster Peabody Awards are often cited as the most selective and prestigious in electronic media.
Recipient - Emmy Award
Kevin received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in 2001, and won another Emmy for Outstanding News and Documentary Program Achievement in 2000. The News & Documentary Emmy Awards is a major national broadcast journalism competition. It promotes journalistic excellence by awarding the coveted Emmy to the very best news reports and documentary films aired on national television or streamed over the Internet each year.
Honourary Doctor of Laws - University of Western Ontario
In 2011, Kevin received an Honourary Doctor of Laws from the University of Western Ontario. The award is for outstanding scholarly achievement and for exceptional service to the University or the community at large.
Lifetime Achievement Award - University of Western Ontario
In 2008, Kevin was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Western Ontario.
Harvard University - Canada Lecture
Delivered a two-hour lecture at the Kennedy School of Government at the request of the Canada Lecture Foundation
Education
University of Western Ontario
Bachelor of Arts
Politics/Economics
1981
Western University Canada
Honourary Doctorate
2011
Links
- Kickass Canadians - Kevin Newman, journalist-storyteller-digital media advisor
- Kevin Newman, Digital News Evangelist and Co-Host, CTV's Question Period
- On a lunch break with Question Period’s Kevin Newman
- Newman calls on grads to seize 'greatness'
- The curious Kevin Newman
- Canada 3.0 - 2010 - Interview with Kevin Newman
Event Appearances
KEYNOTE SPEECH: Our Changing World
Western’s Staff & Leaders' Conference The University of Western Ontario
2009-02-19
Panel Moderator: The Evolution of Content
Canada 3.0 Waterloo, Ontario
2011-05-04
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Insurance Institute of Ontario Annual Convocation & Awards Night Toronto, Ontario
2011-01-20
KEYNOTE SPEECH: How Mobile News Will Save TV Journalism
WCFIA Canada Event Series Cambridge, Massachusetts
2012-02-27
Panel Moderator: What will the value of pharmacists be ten years from now?
Celebrating Pharmacy: A Century of Excellence Jasper, Alberta
2011-05-21
KEYNOTE SPEECH: The New World (dis)Order
Celebrating Pharmacy: A Century of Excellence Jasper, Alberta
2011-05-21
KEYNOTE SPEECH: Canada's Stories
OpenText Ottawa Content Day Ottawa, Ontario
2010-09-27
KEYNOTE SPEECH: Effective Leadership...Have You Got What It Takes?
IMBA Conference, Trade Show and Awards Gala Toronto, Ontario
2009-04-02
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Local Government Management Association Conference Penticton, British Columbia
2011-05-18
Panel Moderator: View From the Top - The Post GLR Sequel
Prime Time in Ottawa Conference Ottawa, Ontario
2012-03-01
The Transformational Possibilities of Mobile and Visual Media
Kickass Talks for CARE Ottawa, Ontario
2011-10-02
KEYNOTE EMCEE
Canada 3.0 2010 University of Waterloo Stratford Campus
2010-05-10
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Communitech Leadership Conference 2011 Kitchener, Ontario
2011-03-02
Energy: Local Action, Global Impact
World Urban Forum Vancouver, British Columbia
2006-06-22
Best Practice: Dealing with people in traumatic stress
Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma University of Western Ontario
2008-02-09
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Gardner Club Speaker Series Calgary, Alberta
2011-06-06
Sample Talks
The BIG Conversation
The BIG Conversation is about big shifts in the industry — both tech business (balance sheet, end of internal application development, global motions) and tech trends (rise in startup funding, niche stuff, everything mobile and cloudy), and more.
Style
Availability
- Keynote
- Moderator
- Panelist
- Workshop Leader
- Host/MC
