A life-long passion for news is what drove Jackson Proskow to become a reporter. He entered the broadcasting industry while still in high school in his hometown of Calgary, reporting for a local cable news station. Those early days in journalism lead him on a cross-country adventure that brought him to Toronto.
Jackson began his career at Shaw TV in Calgary. After graduating university, he worked as a reporter, producer, anchor and weatherman at Global in Lethbridge, Alberta. From there it was off to Global’s sister station, CHCH in Hamilton as a reporter before moving to Global Toronto.
Since his move to Toronto in January 2006, Jackson has been on the front lines of the region’s biggest news stories; from the arrest of 17 terrorism suspects in Toronto, and the tense land dispute in Caledonia, to the crash of Flight 3407 in Clarence Center, New York and President Barack Obama’s first visit to Ottawa. Along the way Jackson has found himself stuck in a tornado, riding on a hurricane relief flight to Jamaica, and sleeping in a farmers field, all in the name of journalism!
Jackson has a degree in Communication Studies from the University of Calgary, and a diploma in Broadcast News from SAIT Polytechnic. He is currently Global Toronto’s City Hall Reporter.
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