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{{short description|Canadian national television newscast}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = Global National 2022.png
| caption              = Opening used since 2022
| alt                  = In a serif font, the words "Global" and "National" are shown in black and white colours, respectively, against a bright red background.
| camera               = 
| runtime              = 30 minutes
| creator              = 
| developer            = 
| executive_producer   = 
| location             = [[Burnaby]], [[British Columbia]] (2001–2008, 2010–2022; Weekdays and Weekends, 2008–2010; Weekends, 2022–present; Monday to Thursday)<br>[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] (2022–present; Friday to Sunday)<br>[[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]] (2008–2010; Weekdays)
| presenter            = '''Weekdays (2001–2022)'''<br>'''Monday to Thursday:'''<br>[[Dawna Friesen]] (2010–present)<br>'''Weekends (2005–2022)'''<br>'''Friday to Sunday:'''<br>[[Farah Nasser]]<br>(2022–2024)
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| country              = Canada
| language             = English<br>Mandarin ''(2012–2016)''
| network              = [[Global Television Network|Global]]
| network2             = [[Shaw Multicultural Channel]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2001|09|03}}
| last_aired           = present
| first_aired2         = {{Start date|2012|01|23}}
| last_aired2          = {{End date|2016|06|30}}
| related              = ''[[First National (TV series)|First National]]''<br/>''[[Canada Tonight]]''
| num_episodes         = 
}}
'''''Global National''''' is the [[English language]] flagship national newscast of Canada's [[Global Television Network]]. Editorial and production staff are based out of Global's national news centre at [[CHAN-DT|Global BC]] in [[Burnaby]], [[British Columbia]], with [[Dawna Friesen]] presenting from the Global BC studios Mondays to Thursdays, and Farah Nasser presenting from the [[CIII-DT|Global Toronto]] studios Fridays to Sundays.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.corusent.com/news/farah-nasser-joins-global-national-as-weekend-anchor/ | title=Farah Nasser Joins Global National as Weekend Anchor }}</ref> From 2008 to 2010, the program was the only Canadian network newscast to be regularly anchored from the nation's capital, [[Ottawa]].

In addition to Global's [[owned-and-operated stations]] (O&Os), ''Global National'' also airs on [[network affiliate|affiliate]] [[CHFD-DT]] in [[Thunder Bay]], [[Ontario]] and [[independent station]] [[CJON-DT]] in [[St. John's, Newfoundland]].

Global also produced a [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] version of the newscast, titled ''Global National Mandarin'' from 2012 to 2016. It was anchored by Carol Wang. The newscast was seen on [[Shaw Multicultural Channel]] in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]] & [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]].

==History==
Global's first tentative steps towards a national news presence came in 1994 with the launch of ''[[First National (TV series)|First National]]'', a regional newscast presented by [[Peter Kent]] which was aired in [[Manitoba]], [[Ontario]] and (starting in 1997) [[Quebec]]. Around the same time, the rival [[Western International Communications|WIC]] television station group launched ''[[Canada Tonight]]'', a newscast produced at WIC's [[Vancouver]] station [[CHAN-DT|CHAN-TV]] (better known as British Columbia Television or BCTV), and also aired on its stations in Alberta and Ontario.

Following the purchase of WIC's television stations by Global's then-parent company [[Canwest]], Global announced in January 2001 its plans to launch a new network newscast in September of that year, with [[Kevin Newman (journalist)|Kevin Newman]] returning to Canada from [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] as the newscast's chief anchor.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Newman 'jazzed' about Global gig|first=Chris|last=Nuttal-Smith|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|date=January 30, 2001}}</ref> ''First National'' ended production in February, and the Global stations which had aired that program broadcast ''Canada Tonight'' in its place until the new newscast launched.

The final broadcast of ''Canada Tonight'' aired on August 31, 2001, and the new newscast, titled ''Global National'', debuted on September 3 from a renovated studio at CHAN, which became a Global O&O two days earlier and produces its local newscasts from the same studio. As part of the deal in which Global bought CHAN, it became home to Global's national news centre; the station had wanted to do a national newscast for its former network CTV (with ''Canada Tonight'' emerging as the result after CTV's board turned CHAN's proposal down). When the program began, it had only 15 people on staff and a budget of $8 million; the newscast was tied in part to $20 million worth of funding Global had put aside, in exchange for the CRTC to give Global a national network license (a bid approved in January 2000); ''Global National'', as well as public-affairs shows and "wellness documentaries" were the fruits of the deal.

''Global National'' set several technological firsts; it was the first daily newscast in the world to use digital cameras in addition to videotape, as well as editing all stories on [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s then-new [[Final Cut Pro|Final Cut]] editing software. The look and feel of the newscast was also distinctively different in comparison to other national newscasts; eschewing common elements like maps and globes, instead swirling circles in the Global house colors of red (with burgundy and orange, known internally as the "vortex of news") were used with a circular logo integrating the Global "crescent" logo of the era; the music package was uniquely heavy on woodwinds, drums and flutes. The newscast name was originally ''Global Network News'' (or ''GNN''), but Global's marketing department argued for a title that was shorter and more concise.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kevin Newman reflects on 'Global National': How it all began - National {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8174562/global-national-20th-anniversary-kevin-newman/ |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=630CHED |language=en-US}}</ref>

Kevin Newman's name was added to the program's title from the start of its second season. The program initially only aired on weekdays; weekend broadcasts began on February 26, 2005, with [[Tara Nelson]] as the anchor.<ref name="strachan">{{cite news|first=Alex|last=Strachan|title=Global National takes on a seven-day work week: Familiar faces will be on weekend broadcasts|newspaper=[[National Post]]|date=February 22, 2005}}</ref> The launch of the weekend editions precipitated the cancellation of the newsmagazine series ''[[Global Sunday]]''.<ref name="strachan" />

''Global National'' initially aired in different time slots across the country: 5:30 pm in [[British Columbia]]; 6:00 in [[Saskatchewan]] and [[Manitoba]]; 6:30 pm in [[Alberta]], Ontario and Quebec; and 11:15 pm in the [[Maritimes]]. In conjunction with the launch of Global's new visual identity in February 2006, the program began to be aired live at 6:30&nbsp;pm in the [[Atlantic Time Zone]], and 5:30 elsewhere.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101119213738/http://canwestglobal.com/media/viewNews.asp?NewsroomID=90 Global News Brings Canadian Audiences Enhanced National / Local Suppertime News Package]}}, Global Television press release, February 1, 2006.</ref> This version of the program is then broadcast via satellite tape delay in time zones to the west (at 6:30 [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern]], 5:30 [[Central Time Zone|Central]], [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain]], and [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific]], and 6:00 on [[CHBC-TV|CHBC]] [[Kelowna]] since 2009), with updates if news events warrant. This allows the newscast to air at a uniform time slot across most of the country, as well as to serve as a lead-in to local news in most markets. While strong in Western Canada from day one &ndash; particularly in British Columbia, where CHAN has dominated news ratings for four decades &ndash; the timeslot change allowed the program's ratings in Ontario to improve significantly as a result of having ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' as its lead-in; that show had previously given a strong ratings bump to [[CIII-DT|CIII]]'s local newscast. (On October 11, 2011, CIII moved ''Global National'' back to 6:30&nbsp;p.m. as part of a scheduling shift with its early evening newscast, the ''[[News Hour (Canadian news program)|News Hour]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/global-news-boosts-fall-schedule/1000571175/ |title=Global News Boosts Fall Schedule |access-date=2011-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319223700/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/global-news-boosts-fall-schedule/1000571175/ |archive-date=2012-03-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>)

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It is often difficult to compare Canada's national newscast ratings because the newscasts air at different times. Global decided to cut into their supper hour local newscast ratings to air ''Global National'' while rivals CTV and CBC air their national newscasts in the late evening. Despite airing in a more favorable timeslot, Global National is continually out-rated by ''[[CTV National News]]'' <ref>{{Cite web|title=2019/2020 Canadian Television Report Card: CTV is Canada's Most-Watched Network for 19th Straight Year|url=https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/2019-2020-canadian-television-report-card-ctv-is-canadas-most-watched-network-for-19th-straight-year|access-date=2021-05-03|website=Bell Media|language=en-US}}</ref> and maintains a slight lead over [[CBC Television|CBC]]'s ''[[CBC News: The National|The National]].''

In February 2008, Newman began presenting the weekday edition of ''Global National'' from a specially-built digital newsroom and studio facility in [[Ottawa]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=44926969-9864-4314-91ba-67fdc98b222d&sponsor=|date=February 3, 2008|title=Global National -- from Ottawa|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen}}</ref> The Ottawa studio's cameras were controlled remotely from CHAN in Vancouver, where the newscast's main editorial and production staff remain. Similar remote-controlled [[greenscreen]] studios were introduced at a number of local Global newscasts.

[[Tara Nelson]] was named Global's Europe bureau chief in September 2008;<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=88526&issue=08212008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731200932/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=88526&issue=08212008|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 31, 2012|title=Global National Launches New Foreign Bureaus|journal=Broadcaster Magazine|date=August 21, 2008}}</ref> her position as the program's weekend anchor was then shared by [[Carolyn Jarvis]] on Saturdays and [[Robin Gill (journalist)|Robin Gill]] on Sundays. Nelson resigned in October 2010 to become the new 6:00 pm anchor at CTV Calgary, Alberta ([[CFCN-DT]]).<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.ctvmedia.ca/ctv/releases/release.asp?id=13030&num=2&yyyy=2010|title=Tara Nelson Announced as Anchor of CTV NEWS AT SIX|journal=CTV Media Release|date=October 12, 2010|access-date=October 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719081720/http://www.ctvmedia.ca/ctv/releases/release.asp?id=13030&num=2&yyyy=2010|archive-date=July 19, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Newman announced his departure from the network on April 30, 2010,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalnational.com/story.html?id=2972639|title=Kevin Newman leaving Global News|work=GlobalNational.com|date=April 30, 2010}}</ref> and anchored the newscast for the last time on August 20, 2010. [[Dawna Friesen]] was named as his successor on July 13, 2010,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.globalnational.com/story.html?id=3271320|title=Dawna Friesen named new Global National anchor|work=GlobalNational.com|date=July 13, 2010}}</ref> and began anchoring ''Global National'' on September 20, 2010.<ref>L. Scrivener, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/article/863150--dawna-friesen-from-shy-prairie-girl-to-global-news-anchor?bn=1 Dawna Friesen: From shy prairie girl to Global News anchor], ''Toronto Star'', September 20, 2010.</ref>

Carolyn Jarvis was reassigned to Global's newsmagazine program ''[[16:9 (TV series)|16:9]]'' in 2011, with Robin Gill taking over as Saturday anchor alongside her pre-existing Sunday hosting duties.

==''Global National Mandarin''==
''Global National Mandarin'' was a newscast aired on the [[Shaw Multicultural Channel]] in Vancouver and Calgary. On December 6, 2011, Global announced its plans to launch ''Global National Mandarin'' (Global National 国语新闻).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/890821/global-news-and-shaw-multicultural-channel-launch-global-national-mandarin-newscast|title=Global News and Shaw Multicultural Channel Launch Global National Mandarin Newscast|work=Global Television / Shaw Media press release|date=December 6, 2011|access-date=December 10, 2011|archive-date=February 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218000515/http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/890821/global-news-and-shaw-multicultural-channel-launch-global-national-mandarin-newscast|url-status=dead}}</ref> The 30-minute [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] newscast debuted on January 23, 2012, with Carol Wang as anchor. It was announced on June 29, 2016, that ''Global National Mandarin'' would air its final broadcast on June 30 as it did not garner the viewership necessary to continue airing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://community.shaw.ca/docs/DOC-7929|title=Global National Mandarin Wrapping Up Production {{!}} Shaw Support|website=community.shaw.ca|access-date=2016-07-13}}</ref> The investigative documentary series ''[[16x9 - The Bigger Picture|16x9]]'' was also cancelled at this time.

==Notable on-air staff==
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===Anchors===
* [[Dawna Friesen]] - anchor and executive editor (Monday-Thursday)
* Kevin Gallagher - weekend anchor

===Correspondents===
* [[Eric Sorensen (journalist)|Eric Sorensen]] - Senior National Affairs Correspondent
* [[Jeff Semple]] - Global News Senior National Correspondent
* [[Jackson Proskow]] - Washington Bureau Chief
* Reggie Cecchini - Washington Correspondent
* Jennifer Johnson - Washington Correspondent
* [[David Akin]] - Chief Political Correspondent (Ottawa)
* [[Mercedes Stephenson]] - Ottawa Bureau Chief
* Redmond Shannon - London Correspondent
* Mike Armstrong - Quebec Correspondent
* Neetu Garcha - BC Correspondent
* Heather Yourex-West - Alberta Correspondent
* Heidi Petracek - Atlantic Correspondent<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.corusent.com/media-centre/press-releases/broadcaster-heidi-petracek-joins-global-national-as-atlantic-canada-correspondent/|title=BROADCASTER HEIDI PETRACEK JOINS GLOBAL NATIONAL AS ATLANTIC CANADA CORRESPONDENT|website=www.corusent.com|access-date=2023-12-05}}</ref>

===Substitute anchors===
Substitute anchors have included:
*[[Chris Gailus]] ([[CHAN-DT|Global BC]])
*Coleen Christie ([[CHAN-DT|Global BC]])
*Neetu Garcha ([[CHAN-DT|Global BC]])
*[[Eric Sorensen (journalist)|Eric Sorenson]] - Senior National Affairs Correspondent
*Sophie Lui ([[CHAN-DT|Global BC]])
*[[Sonia Deol]] ([[CHAN-DT|Global BC]])
*[[David Akin]] - Chief Political Correspondent

===Former on-air staff===
*[[Patrick Brown (journalist)|Patrick Brown]]: briefly Global's Beijing Bureau,  returned to CBC Television as an independent correspondent 
* Crystal Goomansingh - London Bureau Chief, now a reporter with CBC London bureau
*[[Carolyn Jarvis]]: now chief investigative correspondent (was host of ''[[16x9 - The Bigger Picture|16x9]]'' until it was cancelled in 2016)
*[[Kevin Newman (journalist)|Kevin Newman]] (anchor/executive editor, 2001–2010): formerly host of ''[[Kevin Newman (journalist)|Kevin Newman Live]]'' on [[CTV News Channel (Canada)|CTV News Channel]] and [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]'s ''[[Question Period (TV series)|Question Period]]''
*[[Tara Nelson]] (weekend anchor, 2005–2008; Europe bureau chief, 2008–2010): now 6:00 pm anchor at [[CFCN-DT]] [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]]
* Sean Mallen: former Europe Bureau Chief (based in London), later reporter for Global Toronto, Now a communications consultant.
*[[Leslie Roberts]]: resigned 2015
* Carol Wang: Weeknights (Mandarin anchor, 2012–2016) [[Shaw Multicultural Channel]]
*[[Vassy Kapelos]]: The West Block (Anchor, 2017–2018), now the host of [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC's]] [[Power and Politics]]
* Shirlee Engel: formerly the “National Affairs Correspondent”| now with Compass Rose
*[[Robin Gill (journalist)|Robin Gill]] - (anchor/primary substitute anchor, 2008–2021): British Columbia correspondent (based in Vancouver)
*Gord Steinke ([[CITV-DT|Global Edmonton]])<ref>{{cite web| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/kFbnGBu5OI4| archive-date = 2021-12-05| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFbnGBu5OI4| title = Global National with Gord Steinke - August 30, 2010 | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 11 August 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*Ross Lord: formerly Atlantic Correspondent
* [[Farah Nasser]] - weekend/substitute anchor (Friday-Sunday)

===Former Reporters===
* [[Jas Johal]]
* Mike Edgel

==See also==
*[[Global News]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.globalnational.com Global News - Global National]
*[http://www.globalnews.ca/globalnational/mandarin/chinese.html Global News | Global National 国语新闻] {{in lang|zh-hans}}
*[http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/February2006/10/c1153.html Press Release: "Global National With Kevin Newman Delivers More Than One Million Canadian Viewers in Its New Timeslot"]
*[http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/June2007/06/c9270.html Press Release on Global National's move to Ottawa]

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