CNN anchor John Roberts to give keynote at Atlantic Journalism Awards

The Atlantic Journalism Awards (AJA) are getting both media glamour (and great teeth) with their guest speaker at this year's awards: John Roberts of CNN's flagship morning program American Morning. 

The 29th Atlantic Journalism Awards gala will be presented at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel, on Saturday, May 8, 2010. 

Based in New York,  Roberts was a well-known Canadian broadcaster and award-winning journalist,who spent the first 10 years of his career as an anchor for several broadcasts of City TV in Toronto (when he was known as J. D. Roberts). He also co-anchored CTV's Canada AM. 

The AJAs this year have added three new magazine categories -- best magazine article, profile article and best magazine cover -- to its awards lineup.