Michael Hainsworth is a former business reporter for CTV Toronto and CTV affiliates across Canada. He anchored ''The Close'' on

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's financial news network,

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(formerly Business News Network). He also filed business reports for Toronto all-news channel CablePulse24 and national

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network CTV News Channel. He is no longer with CTV or BNN, having left mainstream media in 2018 to launch an independent content creation studio. For 8 seasons, Hainsworth also co-hosted the

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''Geeks and Beats'' with

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. In September, 2022, Hainsworth relaunched the show as a web series ''Where's My Jetpack?'' about the technology we were promised as kids, what we actually got, and what's coming next in which he adopts a "rant" style delivery about news of the day tied to science-related topics. His rant ''Time to Bring Back the Experts'' has more than 17K views on Twitter.

Career

A veteran

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broadcaster, Michael got his start in radio at Mix 99.9 in Toronto 1988 producing overnight music and current affairs shows while still in high school. Hainsworth's 11 years in radio include six at the all-news station 680 News in Toronto. During his tenure as a reporter for the station, Hainsworth won the 1998 Best Spot News award from the

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for his breaking news coverage of the crash of the

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aircraft during the Canadian International Air Show. He later filled in as anchor the "afternoon drive" broadcast before moving to the business desk. In 2000, Hainsworth moved to television, taking a position in the nascent BNN. In addition to once hosting some of BNN's top rated programs, viewers may also have recognized Michael Hainsworth for his work distilling the day's financial news on local CTV newscasts across Canada and for CTV News Channel. Hainsworth frequently refers to himself as a "

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" and maintains a technology and human interest oriented blog that features stories often covered for the networks. Hainsworth also used to operate a Mac-oriented First Class Bulletin Board System (BBS) called "Sanctuary". He regularly interviewed technology analyst, David Garrity, on the latest technology trends.

Education

Hainsworth is an honours graduate of the radio program at

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in Toronto.

Awards

* Toronto Police Best Spot News Award, the crash of the RAF Nimrod, 1995 * Days of Action Protest, RTNDA, 1995

References

External links

Hainsworth.com

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