John Blackstone Wiki
John Blackstone is an actor and producer born on May 31st, 1949 in Toronto, Canada. He is also a news correspondent with CBS News and he is best known for An Acrid Yarn(2010), CBS Evening News with Katie Couric(2006), and CBS News Sunday Morning(1979).
John Blackstone Biography
He attended York University in Toronto and the School of Journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa. He is based in San Francisco and he covers breaking news throughout the West. He is a four-time Emmy Award winner for stories broadcasted on CBS Evening News, CBS Sunday Morning, and 48 Hours. He is also responsible for filing reports for CBS This Morning, CBS Radio and CBSNews.com.
John Blackstone CBS Age
He was born on May 31st, 1949 in Toronto, Canada.
John Blackstone Wife
In an interview by MarinMagazine, he mentioned his wife’s name to be Sue.
John Blackstone CBS News
He is based in San Francisco and he covers breaking news throughout the West. He is a four-time Emmy Award winner for stories broadcasted on CBS Evening News, CBS Sunday Morning, and 48 Hours. He is also responsible for filing reports for CBS This Morning, CBS Radio and CBSNews.com.
He began his career with CBS News as a foreign correspondent and he was based in London(1980-1984) and Paris(1984-1986). He was involved in the covering of the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and he reported frequently from Beirut. He reported in Ethiopia during the famine that took almost a million lives. He covered the release of the late Nelson Mandela and the fall of apartheid. Before joining CBS, he was a reporter for CBC, from 1974-1980.
John Blackstone CBC
John was working for CBC News in Canada before joining CBS News. He was a reporter for CBOT-TV between 1973 and 1974, a station owned by CBC in Ottawa.
John Blackstone Retirement
John retired from CBS News after being a West Coast correspondent for more than 38 years where he covered stories all around the world. He said he was retiring in order to spend time with his family. In a tribute by CBS, they said that though he has retired, he would still be contributing to some of their stories.
John Blackstone Twitter
Surprisingly, he is not on Twitter.