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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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- 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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Category Archives: Canada
The proposed takeover of The Canadian Press
If a deal by CTVglobemedia, Torstar Corp. and Gesca Ltée gets federal approval, one of the fixtures of Canadian journalism for nearly a century will be fundamentally changed. The companies, which operate CTV and The Globe and Mail, The Toronto … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Journalism, Journalism history, Newspapers
Tagged Globe and Mail, La Presse, style, The Canadian Press, Toronto Star
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How the Maple Leaf became our national emblem
More than any other single factor, it was because of Alexander Muir’s song, The Maple Leaf Forever. See my column in today’s Globe and Mail. The adjacent photo was taken the day of our visit to the tree in Toronto’s … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and culture, Canada, Heritage
Tagged Alexander Muir, anthem, Canada, Leslieville, Maple Leaf
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Politics, journalism and Toronto’s G20 weekend
Quite the weekend in Toronto. As anyone who has followed the history of multinational summits and anarchical protest over the past two decades could have predicted (and did), millions of dollars worth of damage and hundreds of arrests accompanied the … Continue reading
Can Sun TV provide a ‘third way’ in Canadian TV journalism?
As was widely expected, Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau has announced plans to launch Sun TV News Channel across Canada beginning Jan. 1, 2011. Speculation that Quebecor would bid to become a national news broadcaster has soared in recent … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcasting, Canada, Canadian politics, Journalism, Newspapers, Politics
Tagged peladeau, Sun TV, Teneycke
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Supreme Court validates responsibility argument
I was sitting in a restaurant Tuesday morning having breakfast with my spouse, our daughter and her friend when I happened to check the Twitter feed on my mobile phone. “Yes!” I exclaimed, feeling suddenly self-conscious about my outburst as … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Journalism, Justice, education
Tagged Canada, Journalism, libel, Reporting, Supreme Court
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