Doug James is a Canadian journalist, best known for his work as a foreign correspondent for CNN where he covered the Gulf War,"Canadians won the Gulf media war". Toronto Star, March 3, 1991. the Palestinian Intifada and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Before joining CNN, he was a correspondent for the CBC flagship current affairs program, The Journal."Talent Drain". Toronto Star, November 12, 1987.
After returning to Canada in the early 1990s, he anchored CBC Newsworld Business News."Newsworld : Calgary headquarters of high-energy operation". Calgary Herald, February 1, 1998. Later he worked as a technology reporter for CNBC"Online trading doesn't get any cheaper than this". National Post, February 3, 2001. Europe and as managing editor of CanadaInvest.com, a financial website based in Toronto and HealthyOntario.com which, under his editorial leadership, won numerous awards, including a Webby for Best Government website from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. He has also taught media law and ethics at the university level.
Doug is currently semi-retired in his hometown of Saint John, New Brunswick, where he dabbles in audiobook narration, with close to 100 titles to his credit.
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