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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. For more information, see the Bio page.Recent tweets
- MT @rachelnixon: There's a message from Douglas Coupland in this QR code if you scan it - from his latest exhibition. http://t.co/KSIlS3fC 4 hrs ago
- Overheard this coming from @StephenSongtime's desk earlier this week. Nice diversion from HNIC. http://t.co/l2OlqGAN 5 hrs ago
- [Column] Dear panel to be convened by @JohnToryShow: Remember that it's @OntarioPlace, not Toronto Place. http://t.co/EbuQ71BC 15 hrs ago
- Not that I'm aware. Perhaps @WendyMcCann or someone else knows. MT @anth_the_man_85: Are there any films on the history of @CdnPress? 15 hrs ago
- This would be @NatalieGore_ 's dream backyard. MT @DougCoupland: http://t.co/cs6k9pys 1 day ago
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"Go to where the silence is and say something." — journalist Amy Goodman in accepting an award from Columbia University
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Farewell to a great journalism educator
I was saddened by the news this morning that Les Anderson, 62, a journalism professor at the Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State University, died yesterday evening of a heart attack. To most of my Canadian journalism colleagues, Anderson … Continue reading
London City Press Club needs reinvention
I can’t say I was surprised by this morning’s story in The London Free Press about the imminent closure of the London City Press Club. Saddened and a bit nostaligic, maybe, but not surprised. Come to think of it, saddened … Continue reading
CBC Online leaves impression on Conestoga students
When I asked my new media students in class today about the things that were most memorable or surprising about last week’s field trip to CBC Online in Toronto, they responded nearly unanimously: It was the buzz, the electricity and … Continue reading
Will La Presse be Canada’s first paperless newspaper?
Whenever I’ve taught courses in the history of print journalism in Canada, I have invariably made reference to a book that is now more than a quarter century old: Wilfred Kesterton‘s seminal work, A History of Journalism in Canada (Ottawa: … Continue reading
Newspaper companies and elections: a modest proposal
Back in the mid-2000s, as federal lawmakers and bureaucrats were working out the details and regulations for the National Do Not Call List, the Canadian newspaper industry was in a bit of a tizzy. Telemarketing, after all, lay at the … Continue reading
