Robert James Reed was a Canadian journalist, producer and news anchor, best known for his work on W5, a CTV Television Network current affairs program.
Reed joined W5, a national Canadian newsmagazine and current affairs program, in 1972 as a producer.
[1] His notable achievements with W5 included an interview with Susan Nelles, a nurse falsely accused in the Toronto hospital baby deaths in 1980 and 1981, and the first North American interview with Yasser Arafat in 1981.
[1] Subsequent to this, Reed worked for 12 years as a journalist at CBC News, and also worked for TVO and as a freelance journalist for The Associated Press, The New York Times, and The Globe and Mail.
[2] Reed died on 12 February 2011 in Toronto of non-small cell lung cancer.