David McGuffin
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David McGuffin is the Africa Correspondent
for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
, reporting for its television, radio and online news services. In 2004 McGuffin re-opened CBC's bureau in Africa. Since that time, from his base in Nairobi
, Kenya
, he has re-asserted CBC's presence on the continent, regularly reporting from conflict zones in Darfur, Congo, Somalia and Afghanistan. He has also covered a wide range of social, economic, and cultural issues affecting Africa, traveling from Timbuktu to Mogadishu, Khartoum to Cape Town. In his work he has interviewed former South African President Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Desmond Tutu, rebel leaders and more than a few indicted war criminals. He was previously the bureau chief in Moscow
for Feature Story News
, a British
broadcast news
agency, during the last tumultuous years of the Yeltsin era. His reports from all over the former Soviet Union aired on National Public Radio, CBC News, ABC Radio News and US Public Television. In 2000, he opened FSN's Beijing
FSN bureau, before joining CTV News
as its Beijing bureau chief and Asia correspondent. During a two year stint in Rome, he also reported for ABC News
and NBC News
, on Vatican and European affairs. His reports aired on NBC Nightly News, MSNBC and ABC Radio. His first job in journalism was for the MacNeil–Lehrer Newshour on American PBS. He was part of the team that launched the NewsHour's award winning website and served as the Online NewsHour's Foreign Editor. He graduated from Trent University
, the journalism program at the University of King's College
and Lisgar Collegiate Institute
.
Correspondent
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for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
, reporting for its television, radio and online news services. In 2004 McGuffin re-opened CBC's bureau in Africa. Since that time, from his base in Nairobi
Nairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
, he has re-asserted CBC's presence on the continent, regularly reporting from conflict zones in Darfur, Congo, Somalia and Afghanistan. He has also covered a wide range of social, economic, and cultural issues affecting Africa, traveling from Timbuktu to Mogadishu, Khartoum to Cape Town. In his work he has interviewed former South African President Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Desmond Tutu, rebel leaders and more than a few indicted war criminals. He was previously the bureau chief in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
for Feature Story News
Feature Story News
Feature Story News is a international broadcast news agency providing international news coverage, live reports and anchored radio news bulletins to television and radio stations around the world....
, a British
United Kingdom
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broadcast news
Broadcast News
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agency, during the last tumultuous years of the Yeltsin era. His reports from all over the former Soviet Union aired on National Public Radio, CBC News, ABC Radio News and US Public Television. In 2000, he opened FSN's Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
FSN bureau, before joining CTV News
CTV News
CTV News is the news division of the CTV Television Network in Canada. The name CTV News is also applied as the title of local and regional newscasts on the network's owned-and-operated stations , which are closely tied to the national news division...
as its Beijing bureau chief and Asia correspondent. During a two year stint in Rome, he also reported for ABC News
ABC News
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and NBC News
NBC News
NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
, on Vatican and European affairs. His reports aired on NBC Nightly News, MSNBC and ABC Radio. His first job in journalism was for the MacNeil–Lehrer Newshour on American PBS. He was part of the team that launched the NewsHour's award winning website and served as the Online NewsHour's Foreign Editor. He graduated from Trent University
Trent University
Trent University is a liberal arts and science-oriented institution located along the Otonabee River in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.The enabling legislation is the Trent University Act, 1962-63. The University was founded through the efforts of a citizens' committee interested in creating a...
, the journalism program at the University of King's College
University of King's College
The University of King's College is a post-secondary institution in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. King's is a small liberal arts university offering mainly undergraduate programs....
and Lisgar Collegiate Institute
Lisgar Collegiate Institute
Lisgar Collegiate Institute is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board secondary school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.Lisgar Collegiate Institute, one of the country's best regarded public schools, is located in downtown Ottawa by the Rideau Canal and is only a few blocks from Canada's Parliament Hill...
.