Life and Career
Newman was born in Toronto, Ontario. He began his career in broadcasting at CHRW radio in London, Ontario, becoming the first news director and working on Western Mustangs football broadcasts as the campus station of the University of Western Ontario formally organized. After graduating, he landed his first job as a reporter for Global Ontario in 1981. In 1986, he moved to CTV as the network's parliamentary correspondent, and in 1988 he joined CBC Television as a reporter and anchor, hosting Midday from 1992 to 1994. He was also a substitute anchor on The National.
In 1994, Newman moved to ABC News in the United States, where he anchored World News Now until 1996 and served as a correspondent for World News Tonight. In June 1997, ABC News assigned as newsreader of Good Morning America after the departure of Elizabeth Vargas. In 1998, he was named co-anchor, with Lisa McRee, of Good Morning America. The show, which had been struggling in the ratings, continued to perform poorly, and both McRee and Newman were reassigned in 1999 to other reporting duties within ABC. Newman anchored breaking news coverage of the death of Diana, the Princess of Wales.
In 2001, Global Television launched Global National with Kevin Newman, and hired Newman as its first anchor and executive editor.
Newman received the Gemini Award for Best News Anchor in 2005 and 2006. Newman, along with Global National's Kenton Boston, Doriana Temolo, Marc Riddell and Jason Keel won the Gemini Award for Best Newscast in 2007.
In terms of ratings, Global National competes closely with CTV National News as the most-watched national newscast in Canada.
On August 20, 2010, Global National aired a special episode, with many Canadian organizations, troops, and other television news anchors bidding their farewells instead of segments.
Dawna Friesen was named as his successor on July 13, and made her on-air debut on September 20.
In August 2012, CTV News announced Newman would become the host of Question Period and a regular contributor to its investigative series "{W5. Newman also serves as 'Digital News Evangelist' for Bell Media.
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