Author

Larry Cornies is coordinator of both the print journalism and new media programs at Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Kitchener, Ont., and 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; Maclean-Hunter Chair of Communication Ethics at Ryerson University's School of Journalism, Toronto; and Editor of The London Free Press, London, Ont. He continues to write a weekly column for The London Free Press.

Recent tweets

Spielberg film to boost Tintin’s worldwide profile

To say Tintin inspired me to become a journalist would be an overstatement. He was, after all, merely a cartoon character who lived inside the covers of my favourite books at the local public library. As a child, I checked out those volumes again and again.
But it probably was Tintin who established the notion in [...]

August 18th, 2009 | Category: Arts and culture, Life in general, Newspapers, Reporting | 3 comments