Henry Champ LLD (born 1939 in Brandon, Manitoba) is a veteran Canadian broadcast journalist and currently a correspondent for CBC Newsworld based in Washington, DC.

Champ was previously a correspondent for NBC News for ten years before moving to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1993 to become an anchor for CBC News: Morning. Before moving to the United States, he worked at CTV for the previous fifteen years. He also contributed to W-FIVE between 1978 and 1982. Before W5, he was bureau chief for CTV in Washington, D.C., Montreal and London. He was born in Brandon General Hospital. He started as a sportswriter at Brandon Sun. Champ received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Brandon University in 2005 and was appointed Chancellor of this institution in 2008 for a three year term.

Prior to joining W5, Champ held positions as CTV's Washington Bureau Chief, London Bureau Chief, Montreal Bureau Chief and network correspondent. During this time, he was among the last correspondents to leave Vietnam during the fall of Saigon and among the first Canadian journalists to be admitted into the People's Republic of China.

Champ retired from the CBC in November 2008, but will continue to write a blog for the CBC's news website.

[edit] References

• McCann, Wendy (3 September 1993). "Champ Back in Canada". Canadian Press (via Calgary Herald). p. E11. 
• Canadian Press (31 March 1995). "Anchor goes to Washington". Calgary Herald. p. D4. 

[edit] External links

• CBC Biography of Henry Champ
• Henry Champ's CBC weblog, Reports from America
• Brandon University biography of Henry Champ
• CBC-TV's Henry Champ bids an emotional goodbye

This Canadian biographical article related to television is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e