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Larry Cornies is coordinator of the print journalism, broadcast journalism and new media programs at Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Kitchener, Ont. He also teaches journalism ethics at the University of Western Ontario in London. Previously, he was an A-section page editor at The Globe and Mail, Toronto, and Editor of The London Free Press, London, Ont. From 2006-2008, he held the Maclean-Hunter Chair of Communication Ethics at Ryerson University's School of Journalism in Toronto. He continues to write a weekly column for The London Free Press, as well as features and columns for a variety of other publications and websites.-
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Monthly Archives: July 2009
The CBC’s Brian Stewart signs off
Though he’ll be back on the air from time to time to help cover major events, today marks the last day on the job for CBC News senior correspondent Brian Stewart. After he anchors The National tonight in place of … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcasting, Canada, International politics, Journalism, Reporting
Tagged Brian Stewart, CBC News, Peter Mansbridge, Tony Burman
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The U.S. health-care debate and Shona Holmes
Here’s a television ad currently being aired in parts of the United States, as private interests, including physicians and health insurers, wage their war against President Barack Obama’s push to reform health care. It features Shona Holmes of Waterdown, Ont. … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Health care, Politics, U.S. politics
Tagged André Picard, CBC News, Don Neufeldt, Globe and Mail, Health care, Mayo Clinic, Shona Holmes
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Letterman salutes Leamington
You can take the boy out of the country but you can’t . . . well, you know the rest. I suppose there’s still enough Essex County in me to get a chuckle out of this short segment (below) from … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and culture, Canada, Life in general
Tagged Essex County, Leamington, Letterman
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The Telegraph-Journal apology
When it comes to newspaper correction notices, it doesn’t get much bigger than this. A respected Atlantic Canada broadsheet apologizes to the country’s Prime Minister for an error in a story concerning the PM’s attendance at the funeral of a … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Journalism ethics, Newspapers
Tagged apology, correction, Jamie Irving, New Brunswick, Stephen Harper, Telegraph-Journal
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St. Petersburg’s pier, on a warm summer evening
Steven Spielberg I’m not. But here’s the first attempt of a career print journalist to shoot and edit digital video — you pros must promise to stifle your chuckles. I know, I know . . . some shots are too … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Journalism education, Life in general
Tagged Florida, St. Petersburg
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