Biography
Producer & Host of Tech Now, Reporter
Paul is CTV's technology specialist. He covers the tech industry including the gadgets, the people and the companies. Paul has reported from aboard the space shuttle, a Japanese car plant, inside a Canadian salt mine, the country's top tech labs and the streets of Silicon Valley, California.
Paul also produces and reports for TECH NOW. Every Sunday, as part of the CTV News at 6, TECH NOW examines the local high-tech industry as well as developments from around the world. The program began in 2001.
Paul has been in the radio-TV news industry for more than 35 years. For nearly three years he’s been writing a weekly technology column for our website and two Ottawa newspapers. He also provides his view of tech with regular appearances at schools and conferences.
In 2001 he was named Technology and Science Reporter of the year by Canada's largest tech organization, the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance.
In 2005, he won the award for "Best News Story" of the year from the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation.
In 2008 Ottawa Life magazine named Paul one of Ottawa’s 50 Most Influential People
You can reach Paul at paul.brent@ctv.ca |