CBC News’s editor-in-chief, Tony Burman, will leave his position July 13, 2007.

Burman held a variety of senior roles at the CBC in Canada and abroad, and produced many award-winning news and documentary programs for both CBC-TV and Radio. He has also been head of CBC’s all-news network, CBC Newsworld, renewing the program schedule and refocusing the network on its news roots.

Most recently, he led the integration of CBC News, bringing together the news operations of CBC Television, Radio and CBC News Online.

In a refreshingly personal email to staff, Burman wrote:

Since so much of my life has been connected with the CBC, I obviously have mixed emotions about this, but mostly I have feelings of elation. And - can I say it? - liberation.

As CBC’s editor in chief, I have done this job longer than I had planned, longer than anyone else at the CBC in decades and as long as any single individual should. It’s time for a change - for you, and for me - and I really look forward to directing my energy, my enthusiasm and my ideas to new projects.

When I was six years old and told my mother that I wanted to spend my life as a CBC journalist, I remember her reply: “That’s all fine and good, Tony. But remember when you decide to leave the CBC,  don’t leave in the middle of winter.  Promise me you’ll leave at the beginning of summer.”

I did it, Mom.

Esther Enkin will serve as acting Editor in Chief and Don Knox will oversee Television News and Newsworld through any transition period. A comprehensive internal and external candidate search will be launched immediately.

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