Andrew Coyne
{{Short description|Canadian journalist and editor (1960-)}}
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|caption = Andrew Coyne, October 2016
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|12|23}}
|birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
|birth_name = James Andrew Coyne
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|alma_mater = University of Manitoba
Trinity College, Toronto
London School of Economics
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|occupation = Journalist, Editor
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|relations = James Elliott Coyne (father)
Susan Coyne (sister)
Deborah Coyne (cousin)
James Henry Coyne (great-grandfather)
}}
James Andrew Coyne{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/07/05/archives/controversial-canadian-james-elliott-coyne.html | work=The New York Times | title=Controversial Canadian; James Elliott Coyne | date=1961-07-05 | access-date=23 July 2018 | archive-date=23 July 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723065105/https://www.nytimes.com/1961/07/05/archives/controversial-canadian-james-elliott-coyne.html | url-status=live }} (born December 23, 1960){{cite book|last=Lumley|first=Elizabeth|title=Canadian Who's Who 2004|publisher=University of Toronto Press|year=2004|location=Toronto|pages=287|isbn=978-0-8020-8892-5}} is a Canadian columnist with The Globe and Mail and a member of the At Issue panel on CBC's The National. Previously, he has been national editor for Maclean's and a columnist with National Post.
Early life and education
Coyne was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Hope Meribeth Cameron (née Stobie) and James Elliott Coyne, who was governor of the Bank of Canada from 1955 to 1961.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=39IxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=heMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2326,2510456&dq=james+coyne+weds+widow&hl=en|title=Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=2016-10-13}} His paternal great-grandfather was historian and lawyer James Henry Coyne. His sister is actress Susan Coyne. He is also the cousin of constitutional lawyer Deborah Coyne, who is the mother of Pierre Trudeau's youngest child.
Coyne graduated from Kelvin High School in Winnipeg.{{cite web | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/kelvin-high-school-celebrates-100-years-1.1204117 | title=Kelvin High School celebrates 100 years | publisher=CBC News | date=25 May 2012 | access-date=12 November 2015 | archive-date=24 January 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124034820/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/kelvin-high-school-celebrates-100-years-1.1204117 | url-status=live }} Coyne studied at the University of Manitoba where he became the editor of The Manitoban student newspaper.{{Cite news|url=http://www.themanitoban.com/2014/12/students/21707/|title=For the students|last=Schellenberg|first=Carlyn|date=December 29, 2014|newspaper=The Manitoban|language=en-CA|access-date=October 13, 2016|archive-date=11 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311041648/http://www.themanitoban.com/2014/12/students/21707/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/u-of-m-announces-recipients-of-honorary-degrees-377293791.html|title=U of M announces recipients of honorary degrees|date=April 27, 2016|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|access-date=October 13, 2016|archive-date=14 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014060840/http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/u-of-m-announces-recipients-of-honorary-degrees-377293791.html|url-status=live}} He also spent two years reporting for the Winnipeg Sun. In 1981, Coyne transferred to the University of Toronto's Trinity College, where his classmates included Jim Balsillie, Malcolm Gladwell, Tony Clement, Nigel Wright, Patricia Pearson, Atom Egoyan, and author and political strategist John Duffy.{{subscription required}} {{cite news|title=Who is Nigel Wright, the man who bailed out Mike Duffy?|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/from-our-archives-who-is-nigel-wright-the-man-who-bailed-out-mike-duffy/article12005408/|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=May 19, 2013|access-date=December 11, 2021|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211080345/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/from-our-archives-who-is-nigel-wright-the-man-who-bailed-out-mike-duffy/article12005408/|url-status=live}} He received a BA in economics and history from Trinity. Coyne then went to the London School of Economics, where he received his master's degree in economics.
Career
After a six-year period as a Financial Post columnist from 1985 to 1991, Coyne joined The Globe and Mail's editorial board. There, Coyne won two consecutive National Newspaper Awards for his work.{{cite web|url=http://www.cna-acj.ca/client/cna/cna.nsf/web/NNAHistory1949#1|publisher=Canadian Newspaper Association|title=National Newspaper Awards|access-date=2006-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208105022/http://www.cna-acj.ca/client/cna/cna.nsf/web/NNAHistory1949#1|archive-date=2007-02-08|url-status=dead}} He had a regular column in the Globe between 1994 and 1996, when he joined Southam News (later CanWest News Service) as a nationally syndicated columnist.
Coyne became a columnist with the National Post – the successor to the Financial Post – when it launched in 1998.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/andrew-coyne-exits-editor-role-at-national-post-will-remain-columnist/article26868832/|title=Andrew Coyne exits editor role at National Post over endorsement|last=Bradshaw|first=James|date=19 October 2015|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=21 October 2015|archive-date=20 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020023621/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/andrew-coyne-exits-editor-role-at-national-post-will-remain-columnist/article26868832/|url-status=live}} Coyne left the Post in 2007 to work at Maclean's.
Coyne left Maclean's in 2011 to return to the Post as a columnist. In December 2014, he was appointed to the position of Editorials and Comment Editor.{{cite news|title = National Post Appoints Andrew Coyne Editor, Editorials and Comment (press release)|url = http://www.postmedia.com/2014/12/18/national-post-appoints-andrew-coyne-editor-editorials-and-comment|access-date = December 18, 2014|work = PostMedia|date = December 18, 2014|archive-date = 6 February 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150206063851/http://www.postmedia.com/2014/12/18/national-post-appoints-andrew-coyne-editor-editorials-and-comment/|url-status = live}} After years of writing a weekly Saturday column, Coyne's contribution was absent from the edition published just prior to the 2015 Canadian federal election, because the column he wanted to submit called for a vote against the Conservative Party of Canada while the Post's editorial board had endorsed the Conservatives.Brown, Jesse. "Andrew Coyne v The National Post." Canadaland. 16 Oct. 2015. Web. 18 Oct. 2015.
Coyne has also been published in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, Saturday Night, the now-defunct Canadian edition of Time, and other publications. Coyne has also written for the conservative magazine The Next City.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rrj.ca/m3735/ |title=Mighty Mouth |last=Devoe Kim |first=Cheryl |date=June 9, 1997 |magazine=Ryerson Review of Journalism |access-date=October 13, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111065003/http://rrj.ca/m3735/ |archive-date=11 November 2011 }}
Coyne has been a longtime member of the At Issue panel on CBC's The National, where he appeared as early as 2007 in the day of Peter Mansbridge.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygNlR-MeHlE{{cite news |last1=Bowden |first1=James |title="In Vogue to Prorogue?" CBC's At-Issue Panel on Prorogation |url=https://parliamentum.org/2012/10/20/in-vogue-to-prorogue/ |access-date=23 October 2020 |publisher=Parliamentum |date=20 October 2012 |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026104755/https://parliamentum.org/2012/10/20/in-vogue-to-prorogue/ |url-status=live }} His role on the panel hosted by CBC Chief Political Correspondent Rosemary Barton has made him a household name appearing every Thursday evening alongside panelists Chantal Hébert and Althia Raj.
In November 2019, Coyne announced that he would henceforth be employed by The Globe and Mail.{{cite news |last1=Coyne |first1=Andrew |title=Thread |url=https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/1192126530052382720?lang=en |publisher=Twitter |date=6 November 2019 |access-date=23 October 2020 |archive-date=10 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210160650/https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/1192126530052382720?lang=en |url-status=live }}
Coyne is a proponent of the Century Initiative, a proposal spearheaded by Dominic Barton to increase Canada's population to 100 million by 2100. He admits that this lofty goal might not increase Canada's standard of living. Nevertheless he supports it because it is ambitious and might result in more global clout for his home country.{{cite news |last1=Coyne |first1=Andrew |title=Andrew Coyne: Increased immigration is good for Canada — and the reasons aren't only economic |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/andrew-coyne-increased-immigration-is-good-for-canada-and-the-reasons-arent-only-economic |publisher=National Post}}
Honours
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| {{Flagu|Manitoba}} | 31 May 2016 | University of Manitoba | Doctor of Laws (LL.D){{cite web |title=Honorary degree recipients recognized for innovation, philanthropy and enhancing well-being of Manitobans and Canadians |url=https://news.umanitoba.ca/honorary-degree-recipients-recognized-for-innovation-philanthropy-and-enhancing-well-being-of-manitobans-and-canadians/ |website=The University of Manitoba |access-date=22 September 2021 |language=en |archive-date=25 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025071139/https://news.umanitoba.ca/honorary-degree-recipients-recognized-for-innovation-philanthropy-and-enhancing-well-being-of-manitobans-and-canadians/ |url-status=live }} | Yes |
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| {{Flagu|Ontario}} | 1994 | Public Policy Forum | Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism {{Cite web|url=https://ppforum.ca/awards/hyman-solomon-award/|title=Hyman Solomon Award | Journalism|access-date=19 March 2021|archive-date=6 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306114639/https://ppforum.ca/awards/hyman-solomon-award/|url-status=live}} |
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See also
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080930221800/http://www.fairvote.ca/files/Andrew%20Coyne%20speech%20-%202008%20AGM.pdf Proportional Representation: Lessons from Ontario] - keynote speech at Fair Vote Canada AGM
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