For the English footballer, see Tony Burman (footballer).
Burman at the Digital Communications Literacy Forum in Doha, Qatar 2010
Tony Burman (born 13 June 1948) is a Canadian broadcaster, journalist and university official. Starting in the 1960s, Burman has worked as a journalist, in print, radio, television, and online. For most of this time (35 years), he was at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Later he joined Al Jazeera English. He is also active in supporting public broadcasting and investigative journalism.
From 2002 to 2007, he was the editor in chief of CBC News. He also served as managing director of the Al Jazeera English network, based in Doha, Qatar, from 2008 to 2010. Burman served as Al Jazeera's chief strategic advisor for the Americas, 2010–2011, based in Washington DC.[1] Starting in 2011, Burman served as the Velma Rogers Graham Research Chair at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2]
In October 2007, Burman received the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Gordon Sinclair Award for lifetime achievement in broadcast journalism.[3] In October 2009, Arabian Business magazine named him the second most influential non-Arab in the Arab world.[4] Then, in November 2009, the Canadian Expat Association also announced that he had been voted the third most influential Canadian living abroad, behind Michael J. Fox and Wayne Gretzky.[5]
^Al Jazeera English (2010-05-17). "Tony Burman to assume new position at Al Jazeera to accelerate expansion in North America". CNW Group. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
^Vukets, Cynthia (2011-07-06). "Toronto News: Former chief of CBC, Al Jazeera headed back to Canada". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
^"22nd Annual Gemini Awards". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Archived from the original on 2008-02-07.
^"The Expat 50: 2# Tony Burman". Arabian Business. 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-08-15.
^"Michael J. Fox Voted Most Influential Canadian Living Abroad" (Press release). Canadian Expat Association. 2009-11-07. Archived from the original on 2013-12-24.
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