| Jim Reed | |
| Birth Name: | Robert James Reed |
| Birth Date: | 20 October 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Goderich, Ontario, Canada |
| Death Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation: | Television journalist |
| Years Active: | 1972–2011 |
| Employer: | CTV Television Network (1972–1990) CBC News (1990–2002) |
| Credits: | W5 producer, co-host (1972–1990) |
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 was born in Goderich, Ontario in 1938. He had three sons.
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]
During his career, he was awarded three Gemini Awards and a Gordon Sinclair Award for excellence in journalism.[2]
Reed died on 12 February 2011 in Toronto of non-small cell lung cancer.[2]