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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
Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009
There were many influences on my choice of journalism as a career, but one of them was surely Walter Cronkite. Cronkite was the avuncular, articulate and dispassionate TV news anchor who, for an entire generation of North Americans, acted as … Continue reading
Mennonites hold worldwide gathering in Asunción, Paraguay
Many longtime readers of my newspaper columns are aware that I was raised in a Mennonite home and still identify with that faith tradition on a number of levels. When asked to define the term “Mennonite,” most people in North … Continue reading
Posted in Religion
Tagged Asuncion, Lutheran, Mennonite World Conference, Mennonites, Roman Catholic
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Sporting events and national anthems: Do they mix?
Once baseball fans in St. Louis came to terms with President Barack Obama sporting a Chicago White Sox jacket while tossing the ceremonial opening pitch at last night’s All-Star Game, the rest of the evening proceeded more or less predictably: … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and culture, Canada, Sports
Tagged anthems, Carol Huynh, Jeff Blair, Justin Morneau
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New media and the Bandidos trial coverage
There isn’t a more dramatic criminal trial underway in Canada right now than that of six former Bandidos motorcycle club members, each charged with eight counts of first-degree murder, related to the grisly discovery of eight bodies in cars along … Continue reading
Posted in Crime and court reporting, Journalism, Reporting, Technology
Tagged Bandidos, Larry O'Brien, London Free Press, Twitter
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