Clark Todd (10 October 1944 – 5 September 1983) was the London bureau chief for the CTV Television Network. He was wounded in fighting in the Aley Mountains while covering the

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in 1983 with a television crew. The crew found shelter for him in the village of

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and went for help, but he died from his wounds before they were able to return.

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, Access to death, British Journalism Review, 7: 6-11 (1996) Todd, a graduate of

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, covered events in

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and many other conflict areas, while also winning international recognition in much broader areas of journalism. He received the Amos Tuck Award for Best Economic Reporting (1978), on the topic of the Fall of the Dollar; the

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of America Award for Best Documentary (1977), on Eurocommunism; the Bagriel Award (1979), for a report on The Pope in Poland; the Peabody Award (

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); and posthumously, the Michener Award to an individual whose efforts exemplify the best in public service journalism (1983).

Personal life

Todd was born in

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, Canada, and raised by his mother in difficult circumstances, but graduated from the

. His broadcasting career included CKGM in

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and CJON in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. In 1972, he married a British woman, Anne Carmichael (his second wife), and they settled in

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. Prior to his CTV attachment, he worked mostly as a freelance journalist based in

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References

External links

* https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/13/world/canadian-journalist-is-killed-in-lebanon.html * https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/media-the-survivor-who-didnt-more-and-more-journalists-are-being-murdered-and-theyre-not-all-raw-recruits-says-robert-fisk-1501802.html * http://archives.cbc.ca/arts_entertainment/media/topics/2479-14315/ * http://www.michenerawards.ca/english/deaconremarks1983.htm 1944 births 1983 deaths University of New Brunswick alumni War correspondents of the Nigerian Civil War Journalists from New Brunswick Journalists killed while covering military conflicts Murdered Canadian journalists People of the Lebanese Civil War People from Saint John, New Brunswick {{Canada-journalist-stub