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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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Category Archives: Journalism history
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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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
From the moon to the Earth
It’s nearly impossible to escape mention today of the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s historic first step onto the lunar surface. Television, radio, newspapers and online portals are overflowing with anniversary stories and tributes to the men and women with … Continue reading
Posted in Flashback, Journalism history, Newspapers
Tagged astronauts, Earth, Globe and Mail, London Free Press, Moon
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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
Flashback Friday: October 1983
Times change. Young reporters grow old(er). Blonde hair makes way for grey. And ’80s mustaches get, well, left in the ’80s. Here’s one of my first TV stories. I was freelancing for a show called World Report, a religion current-affairs … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcasting, Flashback, Reporting
Tagged Kansas, Mennonites, PBS, taxes, World Report
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