Kim Brunhuber
Bio
Brunhuber joins CNN International from the CBC, where he most recently served as the network’s senior correspondent in Los Angeles. In that role he covered major U.S. and international news stories including the 2018 and 2016 Olympics, the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, and the death of Nelson Mandela. He reported on several mass shootings in the U.S. including Las Vegas, NV and San Bernardino and Thousand Oaks, CA. His coverage of fires in Southern California won a 2018 National Press Club Award in the journalism contest’s breaking news-broadcast category. In his 13 years at CBC News, Brunhuber worked in both correspondent and anchor roles. Before moving to the network’s Los Angeles bureau in 2015, he was based in Toronto, presenting a number of CBC shows including the Saturday broadcast of The National and CBC News Network. He started his career in 1997 working at CTV in both Ottawa and Halifax, where he anchored, produced and reported on many breaking news stories including the crash of Swissair Flight 111. Between his time at CTV and CBC, Brunhuber worked as a freelance correspondent he filed news reports from around the world, including countries such as Pakistan, Mali, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan. Brunhuber earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in journalism from Carleton University and is the author of the novel Kameleon Man which deals with issues of race and identity.
Twitter: @kimbrunhuber