About Kerry

Kerry was born in the northern Ontario city of Sault Ste. Marie, Feb. 26, 1956, the son of a locomotive engineer and the youngest of five children.

He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English at Carleton University in Ottawa before entering journalism at Algonquin College.

He worked at a daily paper in Ottawa, then did television and radio reporting for a CBC affiliate in his hometown.

In 1982 he moved to Alberta, working as a journalist at the Calgary Sun newspaper, then at Alberta Report newsmagazine.

In 1985 he was hired by the Edmonton Sun where he worked at numerous positions including copy editor, senior reporter, night assignment editor, feature writer, city hall columnist, opinion columnist and Alberta Legislature Bureau Chief.

During his career, Kerry has won Sun Media national journalism awards, written two sold-out commemorative magazines about Edmonton's deadly 1987 tornado and authored a book about the recent history of our city.

He has taught journalism, given numerous talks to students of all ages and has appeared as a panelist or interview subject on numerous TV and radio shows including As It Happens, CBC The National and The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos.

Kerry was a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee for Carleton University from 1998-2003.

He was an instructor of journalism at Grant MacEwan University in 2008 and a special advisor to NAIT's student newspaper from 2006 to 2008.

Kerry was a volunteer national director of the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) from 2003 to 2009, a group that champions public access to information. He was president of the Edmonton CAJ chapter from 2001 to 2009.

Kerry is a resident of Ward 11 and community representative for the Neighbourhood Watch program.

He enjoys travel, writing, golf, scuba diving and photography.

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