Arthur Kent

Background

Kent was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta. His father, Arthur Parker Kent (now deceased), worked for Southam Newspaper Group and retired as associated editor of the Calgary Herald.

Education

Kent graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa and worked as an independent journalist and later with Canadian media outlets during the 1980s.

Career

He rose to international prominence during the 1991 Persian Gulf War during which he acquired the nickname "The Scud Study". He is the brother of Canada"s former Minister of the Environment Peter Kent. He worked at National Broadcasting Company as a foreign correspondent and host of Dateline National Broadcasting Company from 1989 to 1992.

After a contract dispute with National Broadcasting Company, he was fired in August 1992.

He subsequently sued National Broadcasting Company for breach of contract, fraud, and defamation, a case that was settled in March 1994. Under the terms of the agreement, National Broadcasting Company paid Kent a large settlement and retracted prior statements about Kent and the dispute.

He subsequently returned to Canada to host Canadian Broadcasting Company Television"s Manitoba Alive. With the settlement from National Broadcasting Company, he established his own film company, Fast Forward Films, in the United Kingdom. Kent has worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation, The Observer and Maclean"s for more than two decades.

He has hosted many History Channel shows including History"s Mysteries.

Afghanistan: Captives of the Warlords was shot secretly using a hidden camera, which shows life in Afghanistan under the repressive Taliban, contrasted with life under the much more lenient Northern Alliance. First broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in June 2001, an updated version received extensive broadcast on Public Broadcasting Service affiliates and on Canadian Broadcasting Company following the September 11 attacks. In 2007 Kent launched Sky Reporter, an outlet for new & archived documentaries and short films.

Composed of 1-2 minute pieces from Afghanistan, London, Bosnia, Iraq, and other places, Sky Reporter features Kent"s independent reportage and commentary direct from the field

In November 2007, Kent was chosen by local party members as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the Alberta provincial riding of Calgary Currie. In the March 3, 2008 election he lost to incumbent Dave Taylor.

In 2008, Kent sued the producers and distributors of the film Charlie Wilson"s War claiming that the movie used material Kent produced in the 1980s without permission. On September 19, 2008, Kent announced he had reached a settlement with whose terms he was "very pleased;" the terms of the settlement remain confidential.

International Federation of Journalists

Britain"s National Union of Journalists

Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Canada

Writer"s Union of Canada

former board member, Military Reporters and Editors of America.

Achievements

• Kent also won the right to publish testimony and evidence from the discovery phase of the suit in his book, Risk and Redemption: Surviving the Network News Wars. lieutenant received the Gold WorldMedal at the New York festivals, and a Golden Eagle award from Council on International Nontheatrical Events. co-founder of TVNewscan, a project of The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs.

Membership

Kent is a member of various media agencies, including:.