Ian Johnstone (broadcaster)
{{Short description|New Zealand journalist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ian Johnstone
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO|size=100%}}
| birth_name = Ian Anthony Johnstone
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1935}}
| birth_place = Longtown, Cumberland, England
| alma_mater = Durham University
| occupation = {{hlist|Television presenter|journalist}}
}}
Ian Anthony Johnstone {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO}} (born 1935) is a New Zealand broadcaster, presenter and journalist.
Early life
Johnstone was born in Longtown, Cumberland, England, in 1935, and studied English at Durham University (St Chad's College).{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hi-xCwAAQBAJ&dq=Ian+Anthony+Johnstone+1935&pg=PA646|title=The Writers Directory 1980–1982 |year=1979 |publisher=MacMillan Press |location=London |isbn=978-1-349-03650-9 |page=646}}{{Cite news |date=2010-04-21 |title=The Wellingtonian interview: Ian Johnstone |first=Joseph |last=Romanos |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/the-wellingtonian/3606379/The-Wellingtonian-interview-Ian-Johnstone |access-date=2021-08-02 |work=Dominion Post}}{{Cite web |title=Ian Johnstone |url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/ian-johnstone/biography |access-date=2021-08-02 |website=NZ On Screen}} He moved to New Zealand in 1961 after working in Britain and spending three years as a colonial administrator in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia).{{Cite news |title=The prostitution of TVNZ |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-prostitution-of-tvnz/QU4BWPTBGFHQPO2WYY6PRCV6AM/ |access-date=2021-08-02 |work=The New Zealand Herald |first=Claire |last=Trevett |date=17 February 2006}}
Career
In his early career in New Zealand, Johnstone was a teacher at Temuka District High School (now Opihi College), and worked part-time as an announcer at Radio 3XC in Timaru.
Johnstone was an interviewer for the weekly television programme, Close Up,{{Cite web|date=2011-11-22|title=ScreenTalk: Ian Johnstone|url=https://www.thebigidea.nz/stories/screentalk-ian-johnstone|access-date=2021-08-02|website=The Big Idea|language=en}} and became a reporter and producer for Compass, which aired from 1964 to 1969.{{Cite news |first=Gareth |last=Watkins |date=2021-04-14 |title=Queer NZ history: autumn blooms |url=https://gayexpress.co.nz/2021/04/queer-nz-history-autumn-blooms/ |access-date=2021-08-02 |work=Express Magazine}} He was also notable for being a presenter for the New Zealand Telethon from 1975 until 1993. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Johnstone continued to work on various New Zealand-produced television shows as a presenter or narrator.
In the 1990 New Year Honours, Johnstone was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order, for public services.{{London Gazette |issue=51982 |date=30 December 1989 |page=31 |supp=2}}
Johnstone's book, Stand and Deliver, giving his personal view of broadcasting in New Zealand, was published in 1998.{{Cite web |title=Stand And Deliver: Ian Johnstone on Television by Ian Johnstone |url=https://bookhaven.co.nz/products/1225257 |access-date=2021-08-02 |website=Book Haven |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021103640/https://bookhaven.co.nz/products/1225257 |archive-date=21 October 2020}}{{Cite web |last=Johnstone |first=Ian |year=1998 |title=Stand and deliver / Ian Johnstone |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22105280 |access-date=2021-08-02 |website=National Library of New Zealand}}
Personal life
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Category:People from Cumberland
Category:British emigrants to New Zealand
Category:New Zealand television newsreaders and news presenters
Category:New Zealand broadcasters
Category:New Zealand television personalities