Bob Johnstone

Career

Foreign many years he hosted the Canadian Broadcasting Company Radio programme Today in History and was one of the first reporters on the Canadian Broadcasting Company Television programme the fifth estate. He began his journalism career as a reporter for The Toronto Star, and later worked with the Canadian Broadcasting Company as a court and crime reporter.

Achievements

• His book, Today in History, a collection of selected transcripts from the radio show, won the 1998 Pierre Berton Award for Achievement in Popularizing Canadian History.