About The Show

In The Field celebrates the art of the radio documentary. So what is a documentary? Think of them as sound pictures that tell stories, sound pictures that take you places and introduce you to people who you can learn from. The Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho says that there are really only two stories in the world: "There's the voyage of discovery - and a stranger comes to town." On In the Field you will hear journalists capture the world with their microphones and make stories that may well change the ways you think and feel.

David Gutnick, Host

David Gutnick grew up on the prairies and the North West Territories and has been living in Québec for thirty years. David's first story for CBC radio was about a group of Inuit teenagers who were billeted with families in Québec City so that they could go to school in French. Since then David has told thousands of stories from people he has met all over the world. He has won a number of Canadian and International awards. Beethoven's Bust - a documentary about a young piano student and her teacher won the Gold Medal at the New York Radio Festival; Jennifer's Diary - the documentary day to day diary of a homeless Montréal woman won a Commonwealth Broadcasting Association first prize. David has taught many courses on documentary radio - his favourite was in Fana, Mali with Farm Radio International, a Canadian aid organization that helps African broadcasters use radio to improve the lives of farmers and their families.

David studied at Dalhousie University and graduated from L'Université Laval.