Stephen Kimber
Stephen Edward Kimber (born August 25, 1949) is a Canadian journalism professor at the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia[1] and is an award-winning journalist, editor and broadcaster.
Early life and Education
Kimber was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He attended Dalhousie University from 1967-70, where he served as editor of the Dalhousie Gazette. He earned his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College in Baltimore in 2001.
Career
From 1985 to 2002 he was the weekly political and general columnist for The Daily News in Halifax. His writing has appeared in many major Canadian newspapers and magazines. As an Ottawa-based broadcaster, he was a current affairs producer on CTV Television Network and a producer, story editor, writer and host for many CBC Television and radio programs.[2]
He has been a professor at The University of King's College since 1983 and has been the director of School of Journalism for three times. In 2013, he co-founded the university's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction program.
Books
- Net Profits (Nimbus, 1990)
- More Than Just Folks (Pottersfield, 1996)
- Flight 111: The Tragedy of the Swissair Crash (Doubleday, 1999/ Nimbus 2013)
- NOT GUILTY: The Trial of Gerald Regan (Stoddart, 1999)
- Sailors, Slackers and Blind Pigs: Halifax at War (Doubleday, September 2002);
- Reparations: A Novel (HarperCollins 2006)
- Loyalists and Layabouts: The Rapid Rise and Faster Fall of Shelburne, NS 1783-1792 (Doubleday 2008);
- IWK: A Century of Caring (Nimbus, 2009)
- Halifax: Warden of the North (co-author, updated edition) (Nimbus 2010)
- What Lies Across the Water: The Real Story of the Cuban Five (Fernwood, 2013)
References
- ↑ Kimber, Stephen; Kimber, Stephen (2013-10-04). "The Cuban Five were fighting terrorism. Why did we put them in jail?". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ↑ "Stephen Kimber | University of King's College". University of Kings College | Halifax, Nova Scotia. 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2017-02-14.