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'We're in a period where a new media is being born,' says Global's Newman

Global National anchor Kevin Newman will leave his job in August. But he has a lot to say about national network news, the profoundly evolving media industry, political coverage, and federal politics.

Photograph courtesy of Kevin Newman for The Hill Times

Kevin Newman started his career as a coffee boy and runner at Global Toronto. Today, the 50-year-old anchor of the national newscast, Global National, who began anchoring the show in September 2001, is leaving his job in August after a 30-year journalism career to take a long holiday and to think seriously about what's next for him in an industry which he says is in a "profound evolution" right now.

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'We're in a period where a new media is being born,' says Global's Newman

Global National anchor Kevin Newman will leave his job in August. But he has a lot to say about national network news, the profoundly evolving media industry, political coverage, and federal politics.

Photograph courtesy of Kevin Newman for The Hill Times

Kevin Newman started his career as a coffee boy and runner at Global Toronto. Today, the 50-year-old anchor of the national newscast, Global National, who began anchoring the show in September 2001, is leaving his job in August after a 30-year journalism career to take a long holiday and to think seriously about what's next for him in an industry which he says is in a "profound evolution" right now.

  

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