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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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- Among Conestoga's new crop of journalism students, about a third just out of high school, a third from university, a third from workplaces. 1 day ago
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- A small but energizing group of students at tonight's orientation and launch of Conestoga's postgrad new-media program. Exciting year ahead. 3 days ago
- Longtime Essex County school super't Michael Kraus lost battle with leukemia Friday; funeral at Migration Hall, Kingsville, 2 p.m. Monday. 5 days ago
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Monthly Archives: August 2009
A Gemini Award nomination
The kid has had to endure his share of skeptical glances and raised eyebrows from Dad about his choice of music as a career. So it’s only fair that Dad should, quite publicly, eat some crow. Graeme, our second son, … Continue reading
New chief at The Globe’s Ottawa bureau
More changes at senior levels of The Globe and Mail. Ottawa bureau chief Brian Laghi is leaving Parliament Hill to tackle a new career, which he characterized to colleagues as a bid to satisfy a need for change as he … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian politics, Journalism, Newspapers, Politics, Reporting, U.S. politics
Tagged Brian Laghi, Ed Greenspon, Globe and Mail, John Ibbitson, John Stackhouse
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T.o.night readies to join Toronto newspaper fray
On Sept. 8, the already crowded Toronto newspaper market will find another brash young comer in its midst. T.o.night will be premiere as an ultra compact (8.5 inches by 10.5 inches), glossy (38-lb coated), free afternoon (yes, afternoon) paper that … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Newspapers
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Amanda Lindhout: a year in captivity
One year ago today, freelance journalists Amanda Lindhout of Canada, Nigel Brennan of Australia, Abdifatah Mohammed Elmi of Somalia and their two drivers were abducted as they were returning from the Afgoye refugee camp, about 20 kilometres west of the … Continue reading
William Calley and the ghosts of My Lai
Anyone old enough to remember the Vietnam War will recall the infamous My Lai massacre. It was a seminal event in the history of that war because of its effect on public support for U.S. involvement there. Millions of Americans … Continue reading
