About Ted

Ted Canova is an award-winning journalist, interviewer, and storyteller who has spent his career documenting the people and communities often overlooked by traditional media. From reporting in cities across the United States, as seen most recently in our special series, “Six Days Inside Minnesota,” to producing podcasts, interviews, and documentary storytelling, his work explores how national issues such as immigration, democracy, and civic engagement shape everyday life. Through the Front Porch Movement, Ted continues that mission by creating a platform where community voices and lived experiences can be heard.

Over the course of his career, Ted has reported on major social and political events while keeping his focus on the human stories behind the headlines. An Edward R. Murrow and Emmy Award-winning journalist, he has led news teams in producing agenda-setting coverage of historic moments, from natural disasters to political campaigns and breaking news that shaped local and national conversations. His reporting and interview style reflects a deep curiosity about people, often creating conversations where subjects open up and share personal stories that rarely surface in traditional news coverage.

How It Started

Ted isn’t exactly sure what first sparked his curiosity about journalism, but the signs were there early.

At 11 years old, he was calling into sports talk radio to ask questions.
By 14, he was delivering newspapers and writing letters to the editor about presidents and political lobbyists.
At 18, he was a college reporter covering bare-knuckle politics at Boston City Hall and the Massachusetts State House.

In his first full-time reporting job in New Hampshire, Ted interviewed every presidential candidate in the year leading up to the nation’s first Presidential Primary, an early lesson in how national politics intersects with everyday community life.

His career pivoted from on-air to management, leadership, and mentoring. Ted led newsroom teams that produced award-winning journalism. He served as Executive Editor for an Edward R. Murrow Award-winning investigative series on human trafficking, oversaw continuous live coverage of breaking news, from the plane crash that killed Senator Paul Wellstone and his family to severe weather of blizzards, hurricanes and tornadoes. During the Boston Marathon bombing and the manhunt, Ted returned to on-air, co-anchoring 21 hours on WGBH Radio, continuous coverage that won distinguished journalism awards.

Through it all, one thing remained constant for Ted: his curiosity about people and the stories they carry with them.