Rick MacInnes-Rae

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Rick MacInnes-Rae
NationalityCanadian
Occupationradio journalist
Known forDispatches

Rick MacInnes-Rae is a Canadian radio journalist, known as a longtime reporter and host on

foreign correspondent for the network, he was the host of the documentary series Dispatches
from 2001 to 2012.

Beginning his career with the

In 1993, he won an award from the

Bayeux-Calvados Awards for war correspondents for his coverage of Operation Grapes of Wrath in Lebanon.[4] He has won three Amnesty International Media Awards, in 1997 for his series of news reports "Exodus from Zaire",[5] in 1999 for "Kosovo Reports"[6] and in 2007 for his Dispatches documentary "The Paradox of Democracy".[5]

Dispatches was launched on CBC Radio in 2001.[7] The program was cancelled in 2012,[8] although MacInnes-Rae remained with the network in other roles, including continued international affairs reporting and stints as a guest host on The Current and As It Happens.[2]

MacInnes-Rae announced his retirement from the network in July 2014.[1] His future plans include writing a book about a distant ancestor.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Rick MacInnes-Rae says goodbye". CBC News, July 18, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Dispatches from the edge of retirement: A look back at the career of CBC's Rick MacInnes-Rae". As It Happens, July 18, 2014.
  3. ^ "B.C. reporter wins top award for native story". Vancouver Sun, March 23, 1993.
  4. ^ "CBC reporter honored". Edmonton Journal, November 1, 1996.
  5. ^ a b "Amnesty Media Award - Past Winners". Amnesty International Canada.
  6. ^ "Citizen writer wins human rights award". Ottawa Citizen, March 23, 2000.
  7. ^ "Celebrating 2001's final quarter ; Rick MacInnes-Rae shines in CBC Radio One's Dispatches". Toronto Star, January 4, 2002.
  8. ^ "Connect, Dispatches cancelled: TV, radio shows among casualties as news bureaus closed, sports budget chopped as details announced". Toronto Star, April 11, 2012.