Laurie Brown (broadcaster)
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Laurie Brown (born 7 October 1957 in Toronto) is a Canadian television journalist.
She was a host on the Citytv program The New Music from 1985 to 1990. She interviewed numerous musicians for this show including jazz performer Miles Davis in 1988.[1]
She was subsequently a reporter for the CBC Television news show The Journal. Later she should be host of On the Arts for CBC Newsworld. She was also one of the Canadian hosts of 2000 Today, an ambitious international New Year's Eve broadcast.
Presently, she hosts Toronto Biographies for Rogers Television and is a television director.
[edit] Bibliography
- Brown, Laurie, Success Without College: Days and Nights in Rock & Roll TV ISBN 0-14-016536-3 (1994, Penguin)[2]
- Brown, Laurie. "Taking the mass out of mass medium", The Globe and Mail, 6 January 1995, pp. A19.
[edit] References
- ^ Haslett Cuff, John. "Out of Time missed the deadline on creativity (multi-topic article)", The Globe and Mail, 16 July 1988, pp. C4.
- ^ Renzetti, Elizabeth. "Engaging TV writer channel-hops in print", The Globe and Mail, 21 May 1994, pp. C18.
[edit] External links
- Rogers Television: Laurie Brown profile (host of Toronto Biographies)
- Laurie Brown at the Internet Movie Database
