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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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The Bandidos trial and Twitter
Like some other readers, I’d wondered why The London Free Press had recently allowed its groundbreaking coverage of the Bandidos trial via Twitter (see my earlier post) to dissolve into a hit-and-miss affair that, increasingly, is absent altogether. Stories and … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Journalism, Newspapers, Online journalism, Reporting, Sensationalism, Technology
Tagged Bandidos, Globe and Mail, London Free Press, Robert Pickton, Twitter
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Carolyn Stewart-Olsen leaves the PMO . . . for the Senate
The exit of communications staff from the Prime Minister’s Office continues, as word went out yesterday of the departure of most significant figure yet in the ongoing attrition. Carolyn Stewart-Olsen has been at Stephen Harper’s side since the outset of … Continue reading
CBC shuffles its reporters
Every fleet-footed news organization must, from time to time, re-evaluate the demands of a constantly changing news landscape and measure them against the resources it’s able to muster to cover that territory, including the most important of its assets: the … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcasting, Canada, Journalism
Tagged David Common, Don Newman, Evan Solomon, Keith Boag, Mark Kelley, Paul Hunter, Peter Armstrong, Susan Bonner, Terry Milewski
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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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