John Warren (journalist): Difference between revisions

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'''John Warren''' (b.born 1937) is a retired journalist and the English language anchor<ref name="Gossage1987">{{cite book|last=Gossage|first=Patrick|title=Close to the charisma: my years between the press and Pierre Elliott Trudeau|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=E5AIU2qChy0C&pg=PA69|accessdateaccess-date=8 August 2011|date=1987-01-01|publisher=Formac Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-88780-148-8|pages=69–}}</ref> of the [[CBC Parliamentary Television Network]] from 1979 to 1992. In the 1980s and 1990s he wrote a weekly column for the ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'' newspaper called ''Commons Sense''. Prior to his role as host of the Parliamentary Television Network, he was a CBC radio and television reporter.

Warren was elected president of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery in 1977 and served as President of the National Press Club in 1986.

He graduated from Carleton University with a B.J. degree in 1960. His career in journalism began with the ''[[Saskatoon Star-Phoenix]]'' in 1958 after which he moved on to the ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'', and later the [[Canadian Press]]. He spent a year as chairman of the journalism department at [[Mount Royal College]] in Calgary before joining the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] in 1965.

With CBC, Warren served as a reporter in Edmonton, Calgary and Regina before his posting to Parliament Hill in 1971. During his service in Edmonton he was elected president of the Alberta Legislature Press Gallery. He held a similar post in the Saskatchewan Legislature Press Gallery while in Regina.

With [[Robert Fife]], he co-authored the best-selling book, ''A Capital Scandal'' in 19931991. It exposed many of the lavish and little-known perqs and privileges enjoyed by MPs and Senators.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Fife|first=Robert|title=A Capital Scandal: Politics, Patronage and Payoffs - Why Parliament Must Be Reformed|last2=Warren|first2=John|date=1991|publisher=Key Porter Books|isbn=1-55013-351-9|location=Toronto|oclc=24215092}}</ref> He was suspended between October 1991 and January 1992 by the CBC, based on fears that he would promote his book on-air.<ref>{{Cite news|title=CBC allows Warren to return to airwaves|date=January 26, 1992|work=Brandon Sun|agency=The Canadian Press|page=14}}</ref>