Rob McLaughlin

This article is about the Canadian journalist and producer. For other people named Robert McLaughlin, see Robert McLaughlin (disambiguation).
Rob McLaughlin
Occupation(s)Journalist, film producer
EmployerNational Film Board of Canada

Rob McLaughlin is a Canadian journalist and film producer who is currently the executive producer of the National Film Board of Canada's Digital Studio in Vancouver. McLaughlin was announced as the head of the NFB studio in May 2016, having previously served as Director of Digital Content and Strategy at the NFB from 2008–2011. [1][2]

From 2011 until his return to the NFB, he was the Regional Vice President of Editorial for all of Postmedia's newspapers in Western Canada as well as was Editor-in-Chief of two newspapers in Saskatchewan, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and the Regina Leader-Post.[3][4]

In his first stint with NFB, McLaughlin was responsible for the strategy and production of many of its pioneering interactive documentary projects including Waterlife,[5] Welcome to Pine Point,[6][7][8] Bear 71,[9][10] God's Lake Narrows[11] and The Test Tube With David Suzuki.[12]

Prior to joining the NFB, McLaughlin worked at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a director of digital programming. From 2000 to 2005 he was the executive producer of CBC Radio 3 and managed content creation for the group’s collection of web sites and radio programs.[13][14][15] CBC Radio 3 won a Webby Award for Best Broadband site in 2003 and the People Choice Webby Awards in the Radio and Broadband categories.[16]

McLaughlin had first worked with the NFB under the company name Subject Matter Inc. and collaborated with Katerina Cizek to develop the NFB website Filmmaker in Residence, which won the Webby Award for Best Documentary Series in 2008.[8][17]

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  2. ^ "IDFA Doclab Profiles". Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Postmedia Network Appoints Rob McLaughlin Editor-in-Chief of two Saskatchewan Newspapers and Deputy Publisher of StarPhoenix". Reuters. March 23, 2011. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Editor-in-Chief, deputy publisher". Saskatoon StarPhoenix. March 24, 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Waterlife: An Interactive Documentary". The Pixel Report. December 9, 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  6. ^ Anderson, Kelly (January 26, 2011). "NFB announces new web doc". Realscreen. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  7. ^ Monk, Katherine (May 7, 2011). "Welcome to Pine Point wins two Webby awards". Victoria Times Colonist.
  8. ^ a b "NFB webdoc Welcome to Pine Point a two-time Webby winner". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  9. ^ "Where Bear 71 Came From". Carolyne Weldon, NFB Blog, September 18, 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  10. ^ Martel, Lynn (March 8, 2012). "NFB interactive documentary stars Rockies' grizzly". Pique Newsmagazine. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  11. ^ "Webby awards honour NFB, girls say video". CBC News. May 1, 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  12. ^ "Gemini Award Winners in News,Sports, Documentary, Lifestyle and Reality Announced". Broadcaster Magazine. August 31, 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  13. ^ Whyte, Murray (May 7, 2004). "CBC Radio walks on wild side". Toronto Star. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  14. ^ Gill, Alexandra (January 19, 2004). "Indie music and beyond". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  15. ^ "Photo | CBC Radio 3 Staff 2004". Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  16. ^ "Webby Awards 2003". Webby Awards. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  17. ^ "A Mention in the Globe and Mail". Kat Cizek, Filmmaker in Residence Blog, May 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2012.