Ian Brown (journalist)

Ian Brown (born 1954) is a Canadian journalist and author.

He is currently the host of "Human Edge" and "The View From Here" on TVOntario, and has hosted programming for CBC Radio One, including "Later the Same Day", "Talking Books" and "Sunday Morning". He has also worked as a business writer at "Maclean's" and the "Financial Post", a feature reporter for "The Globe and Mail", and a freelance journalist for other magazines including "Saturday Night".

Brown has also published two books, "Freewheeling" (1989) about the Billes family, owners of Canadian Tire, and "Man Overboard". He is an occasional contributor to the American public radio program "This American Life".

"The Boy in the Moon", a book-length version of Brown's series of Globe and Mail feature articles dealing with his son Walker's rare genetic disorder, is scheduled for publication in the spring of 2009.

He is married to "Globe and Mail" film critic Johanna Schneller.

External links

* [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/boyinthemoon The Boy in the Moon, "Globe and Mail"]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/talkingbooks/ Talking Books, CBC Radio]