TORONTO – Global Television’s Peter Kent will be presented with the Radio-Television News Directors Association Canada president’s award at the group’s annual gathering in June in St. John’s, NL.
The deputy editor of Global Television News, Kent began his broadcast career in the 1960’s in talk radio in Vancouver. Soon he moved to television as a foreign correspondent for CBC, CTV and NBC. He has reported on major world events including the evacuation of Saigon and the fall of the Berlin Wall and has been on assignments that took him to Uganda, Cambodia and Vietnam.
He also anchored CBC’s “The National” in the ’70s and was one of the founding producers (as well as one of the three original co-hosts) of The Journal. He joined Global Television in 1992 "and became the driving force in creating the network’s initial early evening national newscast, First National," says the RTNDA release.
Then, after almost 40 years of working as a journalist, Kent came out as a partisan politician running, and losing, a bid for a Conservative seat in the Toronto riding of St. Paul’s.
“Peter’s track record from his early days in Vancouver radio to helping establish Global’s First National speaks volumes to his journalistic integrity and concern for his community," said RTNDA Canada president Terry Scott. "He has been and continues to be a valued member of the Canadian broadcast community who richly deserves the accolades that come with the prestigious RTNDA President’s Award.”
He will receive the award at the RTNDA National Conference in St. John’s, NL on June 10th.
