Richard Gizbert Biography

Fast Facts

• Received the National Award for Breaking News Coverage for his reporting on a bus hostage situation at the Canadian houses of parliament
• Earned his degree from Algonquin College in Ontario
• Early in his career, he worked as a parliamentary correspondent for CJOH-TV
• Worked as a London-based foreign correspondent for ABC for over a decade
• Has provided coverage of conflicts in former Yugoslavia, Chechnya, Somalia and Rwanda
• Reported on the earthquakes in India and the Kursk submarine disaster off Russia
• His reporting has taken him to over 50 countries on five continents