National Press Building (Ottawa)
Offices in the building are provided to journalists at cost by the federal government, with some other facilities remaining in the Centre Block. The building is home to a wide array of news agencies, both national and foreign, and all forms of media. The building is often described as "dingy" and the offices are very small, and many larger organizations thus choose to base their reporters elsewhere. In 2004, the CBC moved its parliamentary bureau from the building to the new CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre. The National Press Club is situated on the second floor.
From 2008 to 2010, the Global Television Network had the studio of its weeknight Global National newscast in a purpose-built green screen studio in the building. The only national newscast to be anchored in the nation's capital, the program was normally anchored by Kevin Newman who presented to cameras remotely controlled by producers in the network's Vancouver control centre. The combination of digitally controlled cameras and the green screen gave the impression of a much larger studio space than is actually there.
45°25′20″N 75°42′01″W / 45.422093°N 75.700269°W
References
- ^ "National Press Building tenants feel squeeze". CBC News. June 17, 2010. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
- ^ "Global National - from Ottawa". Ottawa Citizen. Canada.com. February 3, 2008. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-27.