Robin Mackintosh is a U.S. journalist, who worked as an

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reporter for CBS 3 in

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from 1970 until his retirement in 2008.

Career

Mackintosh began his career at the ''

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'', where he worked as a copy supervisor in the editorial department from 1964 to 1968. He moved to the

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in 1969 to work as a reporter for ''

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''. He joined CBS 3 in Philadelphia in September 1970, after three years as a news writer for sister station KYW Newsradio.(3 October 1986)
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'', Retrieved November 23, 2010 Mackintosh won a Philadelphia Emmy Award in 1986 for feature reporting, a Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Association Award for spot news and, in 1983, a special honor presented by President

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at the White House for a series on volunteerism. In December 2006, Mackintosh became the longest serving street reporter in Philadelphia after the retirement of NBC 10's Bill Baldini. On July 30, 2008, Robin Mackintosh gave his last on-air report from Love Park in Philadelphia.(29 July 2008)
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'', Retrieved November 23, 2010 ("CBS 3 reporter Robin Mackintosh will retire from the station tomorrow after 40 years in Philadelphia broadcasting. Mackintosh joined Channel 3 in 1970") Mackintosh was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame in 2012.

References

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