Full Name David Oancia Occupation Journalist Died Saint John, Canada | Nationality Canadian Children 2 Employer The Globe and Mail | |
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Born December 6, 1929 Stonehenge, Saskatchewan Spouse(s) Maria Asuncion Prieto-Cereceda | ||
David Oancia was an award-winning Canadian journalist. He worked for several press, primarily The Globe and Mail. He is best known as the only resident non-communist North American correspondent in Beijing reporting on China’s cultural revolution during the late 1960s. His contributions have been cited in numerous books, academic journals, and other publishings.
History
David Oancia was born in Stonehenge, Saskatchewan in 1929. In 1952 he began work as a journalist at the Moose Jaw Times-Herald, and later worked at the Regina Leader-Post and the Canadian Press in Canada, Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
In 1963 he started working at The Globe and Mail, and in two years became the newspaper’s correspondent in China. This took place during China’s Cultural Revolution. In 1967 he received the National Newspaper Awards for his journalistic contributions of China’s Cultural Revolution.
In 1971 he returned to Canada to work at the Montreal Star. In 1974 he became director of Journalism at the Sir George Williams College at Concordia University. In 1979 he was named director of CBC Television News in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1982 he was appointed director of Information for the University of New Brunswick, and in 1984 he became editor at the Saint John Telegraph-Journal and Evening Times-Globe.