Paul Graham Boyd (born November 7, 1976) is an American television journalist. Born in Canada, he moved to New York City in 2001 to work for the syndicated news magazine Inside Edition and became a U.S. citizen in 2010."Former Port Alberni Resident Throws Back To His Start With ADSS’s ABC News", December 18, 2015; accessed December 28, 2015. He served as a co-anchor of Inside Edition Weekend until May 2014.Inside Edition Weekend (airdate: May 17, 2014).
Early life Boyd was born in Selkirk, Manitoba.Pat St. Germain, "The Inside Scoop: From A-Channel To Afghanistan", Winnipeg Sun, September 1, 2002. His family moved to Port Alberni, British Columbia, in the early 1980s where he and his two brothers were raised. He graduated as class valedictorian from Alberni District Secondary School in 1994.
Boyd has credited his high school media production program for sparking his interest in journalism when he was 16 years old.Mia Vare, "ADSS Students Build Life Skills On Job", Alberni Valley Times, December 18, 2000. He appeared on a daily morning television show produced by students and broadcast throughout the school via closed-circuit television. One of his high school video segments was called "Fire Marshall Paul", an adaptation of the Jim Carrey character Fire Marshall Bill from the television show, In Living Color.Niomi Pearson, "Still Delivering The News", Alberni Valley Times, October 27, 2006.
While a senior in high school, Boyd placed 2nd in a national video contest promoting safe driving."Film Wins Student $2500 Award", Alberni Valley Times, February 16, 1994."Video Wins Contest", Toronto Star, February 26, 1994. He was named top male vocalist at the West Coast Vocal Jazz Festival when he was 18 years old.Barry Miller, "Teen Performers Win Invitation To Nationals", Alberni Valley Times, May 1, 1995.
Career Boyd began his broadcasting career in 1995 working as a reporter with the CKUA Radio Network while attending Mount Royal College in Calgary, Alberta. He worked for his college radio and television stations.Bob Blakey, "Alternative Rock Back On The Airwaves", Calgary Herald, February 23, 1996.
In 1997, he graduated from Mount Royal College with a diploma in Broadcasting and received the prestigious Toby Towbridge Award as a top broadcasting student in his class.Blair Riddle, "Broadcasting Grad Makes Career Of Living Dangerously", Reflections Magazine, Spring 2003. Shortly after graduation he was hired as a part-time sports reporter and fill-in anchor at CICT-TV, Calgary.Mike Leschart, "Paul Boyd Making Mark In Media", Alberni Valley Times, December 8, 2000. Later that year he joined The Movie Show, an internationally syndicated entertainment program produced by Pyramid Productions."Pair Join Movie Show", Calgary Herald, August 23, 1997.
In 1998 he was hired as a reporter for Calgary's 24-hour news channel Now-TV operated by Shaw Communications. He returned to his native Manitoba in 1999 to work as a reporter for CHMI-TV Winnipeg and was later promoted to co-anchor of the 10:00 pm newscast.
Inside Edition Boyd joined Inside Edition as a correspondent in August 2001 and moved to New York City to start the job three weeks before the September 11 attacks, and investigated the terrorism links in Florida where several of the hijackers spent time in the days leading up to 9/11.Inside Edition (airdate: September 17, 2001).
In the early stages of the war in Afghanistan,Inside Edition (airdate: November 12, 2001). Boyd gained access to the dangerous tribal region on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan, known as Waziristan, where he documented the hunt for Osama bin Laden in early 2002.Inside Edition (airdate: February 6, 2002).John Dempsey, "TV's Mags-To-Riches Story", Variety, February 18, 2002. Boyd was reporting for Inside Edition from Pakistan when journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped.Inside Edition (airdate: January 30, 2002).
During his coverage of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Boyd was interviewed live on CNN after discovering hand-written messages from Saddam Hussein in an abandoned Iraqi government office building. The most significant message uncovered by Inside Edition was written by Hussein on March 20, 2003, immediately following the first missile attack in Iraq at Dora Farms and read, "The frivolous criminal Bush and his missiles didn't hit my house. God has protected us."Inside Edition (airdate: April 21, 2003). Hussein was captured nine months later.
Inside Edition dispatched Boyd to the scene of the London bombings on July 7, 2005.Inside Edition (airdate: July 8, 2005). Later that year, he spent weeks documenting the human tragedy and destruction of Hurricane Katrina.Inside Edition (airdate: September 6, 2005). In 2007, he reported from the campus of the Virginia Tech massacre the day 32 people were killed by a student gunman.Inside Edition (airdate: April 17, 2007). In 2009, he reported from Texas on the day of the Fort Hood shooting that left 13 people dead.Inside Edition (airdate: November 6, 2009). He covered the Casey Anthony Trial in 2011Inside Edition (airdate: May 24, 2011).Inside Edition (airdate: July 5, 2011). and the trial of George Zimmerman in 2012.Inside Edition (airdate: April 12, 2012).Inside Edition (airdate: April 13, 2012). He also reported from the scene of the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013.Inside Edition (airdate: April 15, 2013).Inside Edition (airdate: April 16, 2013).
Boyd reported extensively for Inside Edition during the U.S. presidential elections and national conventions in 2004,Inside Edition (airdate: July 26, 2004).Inside Edition (airdate: July 27, 2004).Inside Edition (airdate: November 1, 2004).Inside Edition (airdate: November 2, 2004). 2008Inside Edition (airdate: September 2, 2008).Inside Edition (airdate: September 3, 2008).Inside Edition (airdate: October 3, 2008).Inside Edition (airdate: November 3, 2008). and 2012.Inside Edition (airdate: August 27, 2012).Inside Edition (airdate: August 28, 2012).Inside Edition (airdate: October 25, 2012).Inside Edition (airdate: October 26, 2012).
He was named co-anchor of Inside Edition Weekend in July 2003, succeeding Don Criqui. Boyd left Inside Edition in May 2014, after 13 years."Ex-'Inside Edition' Anchor’s YouTube Rap Is Latest Sign That It’s Quitting Time: In the digital era, starting a new career chapter is rarely a private act", October 9, 2014; accessed November 19, 2014.
In 2016, Boyd joined WSOC-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina, as a reporter.
Personal life Paul Boyd became a U.S. citizen in 2010 and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his family.
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