Description:
Reporter George Garrett takes readers to the front lines of news coverage with some of the most memorable stories of the past five decades.
Brief description:
George Garrett is a retired reporter who spent over forty years with CKNW. He also worked for BCTV, now Global TV. He has received the Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jack Webster Foundation and the Radio Television Digital News Association of Canada Lifetime Achievement Award. He is an Honorary Life Member of the RCMP Veterans Association, an Associate Member of the Vancouver Superannuated Police Officers Association, and an Honorary Constable of the New Westminster Police Department. He lives in Surrey, BC.
Review Quotes:
"I like to think of Garrett as a friendly teacher--a man who taught his younger colleagues how to behave on the beat and someone who educated the public about the legal and political systems in place at the time.
Garrett is also a damn good writer. Decades in radio clearly taught him how to get to the point quickly while creating, as he likes to say, theatre of the mind.
It's as important in books as it is in radio--something Garrett clearly understands." Charlie Smith, Georgia Straight
--Charlie Smith "Georgia Straight"