RTDNA Canada taps Gerry Belec as 2019 recipient of the Bill Hutton Award of Excellence

TORONTO - Global News’ Gerry Belec has been named the 2019 recipient of the Bill Hutton Award of Excellence from RTDNA Canada.Renamed a decade ago to honour the late Bill Hutton, RTDNA Canada’s first president, the award is given to individuals or organizations who have shown a true commitment to RTDNA and the betterment of journalism in Canada.Belec (pictured) is the director of news technology and operations for Global News. After beginning his career at BCTV in the mid-1980s, he managed the computer graphics department for more than a decade within their dynamic and challenging news room. Following that, Belec...