In recognition of its twentieth anniversary, World’s flagship information program, World Nationwide, will air a one-hour documentary particular Disruption: 20 Years of World Nationwide on September 10.
Disruption: 20 Years of World Nationwide will likely be hosted by present anchor and government editor Dawna Friesen and former World Nationwide chief anchor Kevin Newman.
This event marks Newman’s return to World’s airwaves for the primary time since 2010, after serving as the primary chief anchor starting with this system’s launch on September 3, 2001.
Disruption: 20 Years of World Nationwide examines transformative occasions over the previous 20 years similar to 9/11, our nation’s involvement within the battle in Afghanistan, the Arab Spring, and the worldwide pandemic and the way they’ve modified the lives of Canadians.
Along with protection and dialog hosted by Newman and Friesen, the particular may even characteristic tales and recollections of producers, correspondents and video-journalists concerned in a few of the largest tales in current historical past — together with those that have been with World Nationwide since its inception, like Mike Armstrong and Ross Lord.
“I consider the function of journalists is to bear witness, to go locations most individuals don’t and to replicate and describe occasions as they unfold,” mentioned Friesen. “We write the primary draft of historical past, and the final 20 years have been an virtually continuous firehose of data and occasions. Even issues that happen hundreds of miles away from us can have an effect on and disrupt our lives right here in Canada. 9/11 is an instance of that.”
“It was a privilege to assist create and anchor World Nationwide and I liked reconnecting with buddies and colleagues in recognition of this milestone,” mentioned Kevin Newman. “I hope viewers will see what Dawna and I do know to be true, that our storytellers have all the time been devoted to fact, empathy, and creativity.”
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“Recognizing the ingenuity, accuracy and tenacity of our journalism over 20 years is a momentous event for World Nationwide,” mentioned Ward Smith, Senior Vice President, World Information. “Disruption: 20 Years of World Nationwide displays the angle of our devoted journalists who’ve documented the information and introduced it to viewers coast-to-coast. We’re excited to look again and share this angle with Canadians.”
World Nationwide, Canada’s solely early-evening nationwide newscast, has been voted Finest Newscast by the Radio and Tv Information Administrators Affiliation (RTNDA) of Canada and by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Tv.
In 2019, Friesen was awarded Finest Nationwide Anchor on the Canadian Display Awards (CSA). In 2015, the World Nationwide group received Finest Nationwide Newscast on the 2015 CSAs. In 2008, Friesen additionally received an Emmy award for protection of the U.S. presidential election.
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‘Disruption: 20 Years of World Nationwide’ airs September 10 at 8 p.m. MT/AT, 9 p.m. CT and 10 p.m. ET/PT on World. You can even stream stay and on-demand with STACKTV and on the World TV App. It’ll additionally air on-line at globalnews.ca/globalnational.
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