Patrick Brown (journalist)
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Patrick Brown is a Canadian journalist based in and living in Beijing, China.
He was born in Birmingham
, England
and came to Canada
in 1970. He was computer systems analyst, teacher and freelance journalist before joining Radio-Canada International as a news editor.
He went to Montreal
to work as a reporter with CBC Radio in 1976 and as national reporter in 1978.
He is a co-author, along with Rae Murphy and Robert Chodos, of the 1976 book Winners, Losers, which covered the 1975-76 Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
leadership campaign and convention
.
Since 1980 Brown has been posted outside of Canada for both CBC Radio and CBC TV:
Brown holds a Master's degree in social anthropology from Downing College, Cambridge
. He is fluent in French
and Mandarin.
He has published a memoir entitled Butterfly Mind.
He was born in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and came to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
in 1970. He was computer systems analyst, teacher and freelance journalist before joining Radio-Canada International as a news editor.
He went to Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
to work as a reporter with CBC Radio in 1976 and as national reporter in 1978.
He is a co-author, along with Rae Murphy and Robert Chodos, of the 1976 book Winners, Losers, which covered the 1975-76 Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
leadership campaign and convention
Progressive Conservative leadership convention, 1976
The 1976 leadership election of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was held in Ottawa on February 22, 1976, to elect a leader to replace Robert Stanfield, who had resigned after losing the 1968, 1972, and 1974 elections. It unexpectedly elected a 36-year-old, little-known PC Member of...
.
Since 1980 Brown has been posted outside of Canada for both CBC Radio and CBC TV:
- correspondent in London 1980-1990
- Beijing 1990-1996
- Delhi 1997-1999
Brown holds a Master's degree in social anthropology from Downing College, Cambridge
Downing College, Cambridge
Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1800 and currently has around 650 students.- History :...
. He is fluent in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and Mandarin.
He has published a memoir entitled Butterfly Mind.
Awards
- Gemini Award for Best Reportage - 1993
- Gemini Award for Best Coverage (Afghanistan) 1992
- Gemini Award for Best Coverage (Afghanistan) 2002
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