Rob Brown is a Canadian television journalist and anchor for CBC News Calgary.

Early life

Brown was born in

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and raised in Ladner, British Columbia. Brown had graduated

British Columbia Institute of Technology The British Columbia Institute of Technology (also referred to as BCIT), is a public polytechnic institute in Burnaby, British Columbia. The technical institute has five campuses located in the Metro Vancouver region, with its main campus in Burn ...

in 1997, attending its journalism program.

Newscasting career

Brown began his career as a photojournalist at a CTV affiliate in

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. After briefly leaving CTV to cover the

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and

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, Brown had eventually returned to British Columbia. Since then, Brown had held a number of positions such as being CTV's bureau chief for Vancouver for

CTV Vancouver CIVT-DT (channel 32) is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, serving as the West Coast flagship of the CTV Television Network. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside Victoria-based CTV 2 station ...

. Brown was also the lead reporter for CTV during the

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. During his career, Brown had won a number of journalistic awards including the Jack Webster Award for Best News Reporting and the Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Hard News Feature. Brown became an international celebrity for his coverage of the 2011 Stanley Cup riot, from which he reported live for CTV. Brown became a trending topic on Twitter during the riots, and earned the top spot on SportsIllustrated.com's Media Power List for June 2011.2011 Stanely Cup Riot Coverage Earns Canadian TV Reporter Top Spot
In August 2013, Brown joined CBC Calgary as anchor alongside his wife Rosa Marchitelli and became the first married couple anchors in Canadian television news history.

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British Columbia Institute of Technology alumni Canadian television reporters and correspondents Living people Journalists from British Columbia People from Delta, British Columbia People from Vancouver Year of birth missing (living people) Jack Webster award recipients {{Canada-journalist-stub