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Fifth Estate (TV)
''The Fifth Estate'' is an English-language Canadian investigative documentary series that airs on the national CBC Television network. The name is a reference to the term " Fourth Estate", and was chosen to highlight the program's determination to go beyond everyday news into original journalism. The program has been on the air since 16 September 1975, and its primary focus is on investigative journalism. It has engaged in co-productions with the BBC, ''The New York Times'', ''The Globe and Mail'', the ''Toronto Star'', and often with the PBS program ''Frontline''. ''The Fifth Estate'' is one of two television programs (with ''The Twilight Zone'' being the first) to win an Academy Award, a prize presented to theatrical films: ''Just Another Missing Kid'', originally a ''The Fifth Estate'' episode, was released in theatres in the United States and won the 1982 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. Journalists Journalists associated with the show, past and present, include: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillian Findlay
Gillian Findlay is a Canadian television journalist who has worked for the CBC and ABC. She studied history and literature at Simon Fraser University and she holds a diploma in broadcast journalism from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. In the 90s, Findlay worked as a foreign correspondent for CBC and later ABC, in countries such as former Yugoslavia, Somalia, Russia, South Africa, and Israel. She also worked as a Middle East correpsondent for ABC. She has been seen in such programs as '' CBC News: Disclosure and'' '' The Fifth Estate,'' and was a guest host on CBC Radio's journalism series ''As It Happens''. In July 2020, Findlay responded to allegations by former CBC producer Dexter Brown that she had used the n-word in meetings in April 2019 whilst discussing the screening of a documentary about racial issues. Ms. Findlay issued a statement that she had no recollection of using the n-word, but apologized in the event she had done so. On April 14, 2023, Findlay st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienne Clarkson
Adrienne Louise Clarkson (; ; born February 10, 1939) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian journalist who served from 1999 to 2005 as Governor General of Canada, the 26th since Canadian Confederation. Clarkson arrived in Canada with her family in 1941, as a refugee from Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, and was raised in Ottawa. After receiving a number of university degrees, Clarkson worked as a producer and broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and a journalist for various magazines. Her first diplomatic posting came in the early 1980s, when she promoted Ontarian culture in France and other European countries. In 1999, she was appointed Governor General by Queen Elizabeth II, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien, to replace Roméo LeBlanc as viceroy, a post which she occupied until 2005, when she was succeeded by Michaëlle Jean. While Clarkson's appointment as the Canadian vicereine was generally welcomed at first, she caused some co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Maria Tremonti
Anna Maria Tremonti (born July 2, 1957) is a Canadian radio and television journalist who has been featured on a variety of radio and television programs on the CBC. She has served as a senior reporter for '' The National'', where she won two Gemini Awards, and a host of '' The Fifth Estate'', where she won a Gracie Award. From 2002 until 2019, she hosted CBC Radio One's morning news and current affairs program '' The Current''; in May 2019, she announced that she would retire from the program at the end of her 17th season, and transition to a new role creating and hosting two new CBC podcasts. In November 2019, her first new podcast was announced, which was released in January 2020, as ''More With Anna Maria Tremonti''. Born in Windsor, Ontario, she began her journalism career at the University of Windsor student newspaper, ''The Lance'', and the university's radio station, CJAM. Her later experiences included private broadcasting contracts in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia at CKEC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Troyer
Warner Troyer (6 January 1932 – 15 September 1991) was a Canadian broadcast journalist and writer. Troyer was born in Cochrane, Ontario, the son of Gordon Troyer, a Presbyterian circuit minister. He lost his leg at a young age, and later worked with Patrick Watson who also had a missing leg. Troyer began his career as an overnight radio disc jockey in Saskatchewan, then became the first radio reporter in the Manitoba legislature and was not even allowed in the press gallery. He then moved to the Winnipeg Free Press and worked as a news reporter for CKRC radio 630kc. He was later featured on the 1960s CBC Television current affairs program ''This Hour Has Seven Days''. In 1975, Troyer co-hosted the first season of '' the fifth estate'' with Adrienne Clarkson, also on CBC. He was also involved in the production of CBWT's ''Eye-To-Eye'' program and was for a time executive producer and co-host of W5 on CTV. In 1976, Troyer provided commentaries following episodes of '' The P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Sarty
Glenn Sarty (September 9, 1930 – February 6, 2007) was a Canadian television producer who was involved in such shows as ''Take Thirty'', '' The Fifth Estate'' and '' Adrienne at Large''. Sarty was involved in the creation of the CBC's Academy Award-winning '' The Fifth Estate''. Sarty died in his Cape Cod home in 2007 of emphysema. References External links * Glenn Sarty fonds (R12605)at Library and Archives Canada Library and Archives Canada (LAC; french: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is the federal institution, tasked with acquiring, preserving, and providing accessibility to the documentary heritage of Canada. The national archive and library is t ... 1930 births 2007 deaths Canadian television producers Deaths from emphysema {{canada-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Reilly
Peter Reilly (26 November 1933 – 15 March 1977) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a broadcaster and journalist by career. Career He was elected at the Ottawa West riding in the 1972 general election and served his term in the 29th Canadian Parliament before being defeated in the 1974 election by Lloyd Francis of the Liberal party. During his term as Member of Parliament, Reilly was in conflict with former Prime Minister and fellow party member John Diefenbaker John George Diefenbaker ( ; September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was the 13th prime minister of Canada, serving from 1957 to 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative party leader between 1930 and 1979 to lead the party to an electi ... whom he charged was undermining the leadership of Progressive Conservative leader Robert Stanfield. Indicated age 40 at that time. This feud began in early 1973 when Stanfield, Reilly and other house me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francine Pelletier (journalist)
Francine Pelletier (born c. 1955) is a journalist based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is the founder of a feminist newspaper, ''La Vie en Rose'', and has written for '' La Presse'', ''Le Devoir'', and the ''Montreal Gazette''. After the École Polytechnique massacre on December 6, 1989, in which 14 women were murdered by Marc Lepine, she lobbied for the public release of the gunman's suicide letter. It was leaked to her on November 22, 1990, and was subsequently published in ''La Presse''. The letter included a list of 19 prominent Quebec feminists whom Marc Lepine had apparently wished to target, and her name was one of those listed. She has been a commentator on the PBS program, ''The Editors'', and has worked as a correspondent for CBC Television on '' The National Magazine'' and as a co-host of '' the fifth estate''. Since leaving the CBC, Pelletier has become a documentary filmmaker, having produced ''Monsieur'', a film about former Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Habiba Nosheen
Habiba Nosheen ( ur, ) is an Investigative journalist. Her film '' Outlawed in Pakistan'' premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2013 and was called "among the standouts" of Sundance by the ''Los Angeles Times''. A longer version of the film aired on ''PBS Frontline''. Nosheen's 2012 radio documentary, "What Happened at Dos Erres?" aired on ''This American Life'' and was called "a masterpiece of storytelling" by ''The New Yorker''. Nosheen has received numerous awards for her reporting including the Peabody, three Emmy awards. In 2017-2019, Nosheen was the co-host of CBC Television's newsmagazine series '' The Fifth Estate''. She was the first person of colour to be named the co-host of ''The Fifth Estate'' in three decades. In 2022, Nosheen released an 8 part investigative podcast series with Spotify and Gimlet Media calleConviction: The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan The podcast is a three year long investigation into the disappearance of a Canadian woman who vanished in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Malling
Eric Malling (September 4, 1946 – September 28, 1998) was a Canadian television journalist. Born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan to Danish immigrant John Malling Sorensen. Malling was the only son of a butcher. He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a BA degree in English literature, then continued his studies at Carleton University in Ottawa where he graduated from the School of Journalism. Career Eric Malling was a hard-hitting investigative journalist. Malling initially worked for the provincial government. He then worked as a journalist for the Regina Leader-Post and Swift Current Sun. He followed this by working at The Toronto Star beginning in 1968. From 1976 to 1990, he was the host of the CBC's '' the fifth estate''. In 1978, his one-hour documentary on Gerald Bull and his role in the illegal export of artillery shells from Canada to South Africa during apartheid brought wide acclaim. In another of many sensational stories, the Federal Minister responsib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Malarek
Victor Gregory Malarek (born 26 June 1948) is a Canadian journalist and author, known for his book ''Hey, Malarek!'' and his tenure as one of the hosts of CBC's '' The Fifth Estate'', as well as his depiction in the movie '' Target Number One'' (known as ''Most Wanted'' in the United States). He retired as senior investigative reporter for CTV's W5 in 2017. Biography Victor Malarek was born on 26 June 1948 in Lachine, Quebec. Malarek attended the High School of Montreal, where he had a hard time. He also experienced the child protection system in his youth. He gives a colourful account of his early days in his book ''Hey, Malarek!'' (1984), which was a popular success and was made into a film. Malarek entered the world of journalism in 1968 as a copy boy for ''Weekend Magazine'', and joined ''The Montreal Star'' as a police reporter in 1970. His first major assignment was reporting on the Quebec October Crisis. He became a writer for ''The Globe and Mail'' in 1976. In 1989, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila MacVicar
Sheila MacVicar is a Canadian television journalist most recently with Al Jazeera America as the host of ''Compass With Sheila MacVicar'' and a correspondent for ''America Tonight''. A native of Montreal, she worked for CBS News from June 2004 until 2013 as the network's London correspondent. She has also worked as a reporter for CBC Television (1981–1990), ABC News (1990–2001) and CNN (2001–2004). From 1977 she worked at CBC affiliated stations in Calgary and Montreal. She graduated from Carleton University in 1977 with a Bachelor of Journalism The Bachelor of Journalism (B.J.) degree is a degree awarded at some universities to students who have studied journalism in a three or four year undergraduate program. In the United States, some schools that do not award the B.J. degree instead c .... Awards and recognition * Emmy Awards (3 awards) * Peabody Award (1 award) * One World Broadcasting Trust (media award; 1998) Noted stories MacVicar reported on a connection b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linden MacIntyre
Linden Joseph MacIntyre (born May 29, 1943) is a Canadian journalist, broadcaster and novelist. He has won ten Gemini Awards, an International Emmy and numerous other awards for writing and journalistic excellence, including the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his 2009 novel, '' The Bishop's Man''. Well known for many years for his stories on CBC's '' The Fifth Estate'', in 2014 he announced his retirement from the show at age 71. His final story, broadcast on November 21, 2014, was "The Interrogation Room" about police ethics and improper interrogation room tactics. Life and career One of three children of Dan Rory MacIntyre and Alice Donohue, he was raised in Port Hastings, Nova Scotia. The Donohue family was from Bay St. Lawrence, a small fishing community in northern Cape Breton, who were originally from Ireland. As a miner, his father was rarely at home. MacIntyre has said, "The old fellow decided the family would stay in the community and he would go away and stay as lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
