Richard Gizbert
Birth Name:
Richard Gizbert
Profession
Writer
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
- 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
- Worked as a London-based foreign correspondent for ABC for over a decade
- His reporting has taken him to over 50 countries on five continents