Fram Dinshaw
Reporter
About Fram Dinshaw
Fram Dinshaw is National Observer's Ottawa-based National News Editor and Parliamentary Reporter.
Fram has worked as a reporter for The Hinton Voice in Hinton, AB where he was nominated for a 2013 ACWS Lynda Steele Media Award for his reports on issues related to violence against women. He also worked for Jamac Publishing Limited, a chain of local newspapers based out of Kindersley, Saskatchewan.
Born in London, Fram studied history and politics at Keele University in Staffordshire.
He moved to Canada in 2007 to complete a masters in journalism at University of British Columbia.
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