Kevin Newman (born June 2 1959 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian journalist and news anchor. Since 2001, he has been anchor of Global National, and currently also hosts Global's weekly newsmagazine series Global Currents.
Newman began his career in broadcasting at CHRW radio in London, Ontario, becoming the first News Director and working on Western Mustang football broadcasts as the campus station of the University of Western Ontario formally organised. 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 the CBC as a reporter and anchor, hosting the CBC's 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 until 1998, when 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 Newman was reassigned to other reporting duties within ABC in 1999.
In 2001, Global Television launched Global National, and hired Newman as its first anchor and executive editor.
Newman led a television first in Canada. In 2004 Global National with Kevin Newman hit the road on the "Decision Canada" Election tour. The other networks followed suit with their own version of the tour. Later in 2004, Newman was the only Canadian anchor to anchor coverage of the U.S. presidential election from the United States, as Global National with Kevin Newman broadcast from the studios in the network's bureau in Washington.
Newman received the Gemini Award for Best News Anchor in 2005 & 2006. Newman, along with Global National's Kenton Boston, Doriana Temolo, Marc Riddell and Jason Keel won the Gemini Award for Best Newscast in 2007blank">http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?categid=20871&shownum=22&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=5&curstep=4.
Newman also writes an online blog, and occasional columns which appear in the _National Post.
In terms of ratings, Global National with Kevin Newman competes closely with CTV National News as the most-watched national newscast in Canada.
Kevin Eugene Newman (10 October 1933 - 17 July 1999) was an Australian soldier and politician. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Australian Army, serving in Malaysia and Vietnam.
Newman entered political life though the Bass Tasmania by-election in 1975 where he was the Liberal Party of Australia candidate. With the election of the Malcolm Fraser government in December 1975, Newman was appointed Minister of Repatriation in the second Fraser Ministry. In July 1976, he became Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development when Ivor Greenwood became ill. He was responsible for environment issues when the decision was taken to cease sand mining on world heritage listed Fraser Island.
In December 1978, Newman was appointed Minister of National Development in the third Fraser Ministry. In December 1979 he was appointed Minister for Productivity and in November 1880 he was appointed Minister of Administrative Services in the fourth Fraser Ministry, a position he retained until the defeat of the government in the 1983 election. He retired from the Australian House of Representatives on 26 October 1984.
In retirement Newman was appointed President of the National Trust Tasmania, a member of the board of the Menzies Foundation and a director of the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame in Longreach, Queensland. Newman was the Chairman of the Old Parliament House Governing Council from 1997 to 1999. He was also an Officer of the Order of Australia.
Newman was married to former Senator the Hon Jocelyn Newman, former Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women. They had two children: Kate and Campbell. Kevin Newman's son Campbell Newman is the Lord Mayor of Brisbane. He died in 1999.
His wife was diagnosed with M.S. in 1998.
