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Award7winning journalist returns to his roots in Dungannon
by Tim Cummings
• His face is easily recognizable
from years as one of Canada's most
prominent television journalists.
For almost two decades he was
involved in CTV's aggressive cur-
rent affairs program, W-5. Before
then he was .a freelance journalist
whose articles appeared in such
respected publications as the Boston
Globe and The New York Times. In
Jim Reed has returned to his roots in'Huron 'County after a long
career as a highly -visible broadcast journalist. (Tim Cumming-
photo).
umming•photo)•
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the 1960's, along with people like
Patrick Watson, he was part of a
new breed of hard-hitting Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
television journalists which is now
part of broadcasting legend.
In 1993, however, it's just as likely
you will see Jim 'Reed's face in
Huron County as on the television
screen.
Born north of Dungannon, where
he attended a two -room school
house, he went on to become a
hard-nosed journalist covering
events throughout Latin America,
the Middle East and the Caribbean.
Now, years later, he is back where
it all started...living near
Dungannon.
If Reed is right, he might just' be
among the first of an exodus of
people who will flee our troubled
urban areas for the supposed bene-
fits of country living.
Not least of Reed's reasons for
relocating to the place of his birth
is to raise his own children. He is.
married to Marina Reed and their
three boys are Mitchel, Adam and
Jesse.
"I want to spend more time with
my family, I think that growing up
in a rural environment is a big plus
for the kids,"
Jim and his wife keep horses at
their farm property. Their land,
however,is worked by someone
else.
"I never really lost touch with this
area,, with my roots and my home
here," he said. "I needed some time
to re -orient myself a bit—since I
know a lot of people in this area it
seemed to bean ideal place to do
that."
After spending many years in
cities like Toronto the experienced
television reporter speaks highly of
life in a rural area.
"It's a lot less hassle, I don't have
to be concerned about fighting for
time on the.air.for my stories."
Today Reed is busy with a nuni
ber of projects which include speak-
ing, writing and a •possible docu-
mentary. He is also active teaching
good communication, with emphasis
on ethics, to corporations.
He cites the example of a com-
pany which chose to open up and
tell the truth to employees and
raised productiveness in the pro-
cess.
The Canadian journalist started
his broadcasting career in nearby
Wingham, where he worked with
CKNX-Tv.
Reed, 54, .hasseen parts of the
world many people only know from
the nightly news. An award-winning
journalist, he travelled through
Latin American and the Caribbean
as a freelance journalist from 1970
to 1972.
One of the attractions this area
holds for the well -travelled journal-
ist is its orderly development.
"The big question is will the
future development be as orderly
and moderately -paced and . as well -
thought -out as it has been in the
past."
Although living in Huron County,
Reed still spends time in cities like
New York, Ottawa and Montreal.
But he speaks highly of life in the
northern reaches of Huron.
"I could not see myself going
back into that dense urban environ-
ment for anything."
Although known for more than
two decades as a television journal-
ist Reed was once a stage manager
for the touring Canadian Players of
the Stratford Shakespearean Festi-
val. Today, he speaks with pride of
being onthe board of the Blyth
Festival.
"As far as I know it is the only
place in North America which is
doing what it does, which is focus
on generating brand-new, original
plays."
He would like to see greater local
support for the institution.
"I think it's a tremendous enter-
prise.:J would like to see people in
this county give it greater support,"
he said. "I think it brings a lot of
business into the region::"
inve s tigatjon of 911
service is put on hold
Bruce County's investigation of a
county -wide 911 emergency phone
system went on hold last week.
The county will wait for the
Canadian Radio and Television
Commission to rule on subscriber
billing for 911, and to settle some
of the question on how calls will be
answered and dispatched on a
province -wide system before taking
further steps with its own inquiries.
A proposal from Bell Canada
would bill "subscribers '30 cents a
month ..for the 911 service.
Municipalities would still have to
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pay for the answering service, com-
puter terminal and other costs.
' .Whilethe county is waiting for
the CRTC ruling, it will investigate
a 'civic addressing' - system that
would assign special numbers to
each home and business for use by,
the 911 system. Council`. was told
that civic addressing, which could
cost $50,000 to $200,000, must be
done before 911 can be
implemented, and- the system in
Bruce must be the same as in
neighboring Grey County because
of exchange overlap.
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