Bill Gillespie (journalist)

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Bill Gillespie
Gillespie in Chechnya in 2004
Born	William Earle Gillespie (1946-03-10) March 10, 1946 (age 78) Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
Occupation	Journalist
Years active	1970–present
Employer	Various

Bill Gillespie (born March 10, 1946), is a Canadian journalist and author. He was security correspondent for CBC News and a former bureau chief of CBC Radio's Moscow bureau. As a foreign correspondent, Gillespie reported extensively from Afghanistan, Iraq, Chechnya and the Russian Caucuses,^[1] relaying information on the fall of the Taliban, the dismantling of Saddam Hussein's statue in Baghdad's central square, and the deadly siege of Beslan School Number One.