Avery Haines
| Avery Haines | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Avery Hayward Haines 1966/1967 (age 48–49)[1] New Mexico, USA |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Children | 3 |
Avery Haines (born c. 1966) is an award winning Canadian television journalist currently working for Citytv.[2]
Career
Born in New Mexico, United States,[1] Haines began her career as a reporter for CFRB in Toronto. In late 1999, she began to work as a fill-in anchor for CTV Newsnet.
On 15 January 2000, working a shift for the news channel, Haines made a mistake with a line while taping a report introduction. After regaining her composure, she joked:
| “ | I kind of like the little stuttering thing. It's like equal opportunity, right? We've got a stuttering newscaster. We've got the black, we've got the Asian, we've got the woman. I could be a lesbian, folk-dancing, black woman stutterer. What's that? In a wheelchair ... with a gimping, rubber legs. Yeah, really. I'd have a successful career, let me tell you.[1] | ” |
However, the camera was still on. Haines retaped the segment, but later that day, a CTV technician mistakenly aired the tape which included the error and the comment.
On 17 January, Haines was fired from CTV Newsnet after her comments sparked controversy. The unnamed technician was suspended.
Haines was soon hired by Citytv Toronto as a health reporter. In fall 2001, she began hosting Health On the Line, which aired on Life Network and Discovery Health, but is now out of production.
On 15 September 2010, Haines returned to Citytv as a senior reporter and anchor. Haines has written and hosted the Inside Story aired on Citytv since 26 January 2012.[3]
Family
She is the sister of Emily Haines, lead singer of the band Metric. Both Emily and Avery are daughters of the late Paul Haines, noted poet and librettist of Escalator over the Hill which was co-written with Carla Bley.
Awards
Her television programme Health On the Line won Gemini Awards in 2002 and 2005 for Best Talk Series.[4][5] In 2005, she was personally nominated for a Gemini in a hosting/interviewer category.[6] In 2013 Haines' Inside Story was awarded the Media Award by the Tema Conter Memorial Trust, 'Best In-depth Television Reporting' by The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) and the Canadian Medical Association Media Award Excellence in Health Reporting for the Inside Story: "Dystonia". In 2014 the Inside Story was nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards including Best Local Reportage and Best News Information Segment. In 2015 she received another Canadian Screen Awards nomination for Best Local Reportage for When the Blue Line Flatlines <http://www.citynews.ca/2014/09/30/the-inside-story-when-the-blue-line-flatlines-parts-1-6/>.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gill, Alexandra (22 January 2000). "Is this thing on?". The Globe and Mail. p. R11.
- ↑ "CityNews.ca - Toronto's News - Personalities". citytv.com. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ↑ http://www.citynews.ca/2012/01/26/the-inside-story-the-nijab-a-sign-of-devotion-or-oppression/
- ↑ 17th Gemini Awards (2002) nominations: Best Talk Series
- ↑ 20th Gemini Awards (2005) nominations: Best Talk Series
- ↑ 20th Gemini Awards (2005) nominations: Best Host or Interviewer in a General/Human Interest or Talk Program or Series