Richard Madan
Richard Madan is a TV personality and currently a Parliamentary reporter with CTV News. Until January 2010, he was Political & Money Specialist on Citytv in Toronto. He was seen on, CityNews at 6 and CityNews Tonight (weekdays).
Born and raised in heart of the 'Peach State', Georgia, USA, Richard Madan moved to Canada as a child.
In the early years of his career, Madan served as a policy aide to various MPs on Parliament Hill (including PCs, Liberals and Canadian Alliance members). Eventually he made the leap to the "other side of the microphone", freelancing for various newspapers including Southam News chain, the Ottawa Citizen and The Hill Times.
He later made the leap into television news, reporting for Global TV in Winnipeg and then moving to the CBC to become a political reporter. Based out of the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Madan filed regional and national stories including assignments at CBC's bureau on Parliament Hill as well as live market coverage at the Toronto Stock Exchange for CBC Newsworld.
Madan joined the Citytv in December 2005 as the station's Business and Money Specialist - covering political issues, economics and marketing trends.
In January 2010, Madan moved to CTV News and is now a reporter based in Ottawa.[1]