Category Archives: Journalism education

Farewell to a great journalism educator

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Larry Cornies

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 →

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CBC Online leaves impression on Conestoga students

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Larry Cornies

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 →

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Will La Presse be Canada’s first paperless newspaper?

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Larry Cornies

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 →

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News photographers scramble for Rafferty pic

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Larry Cornies

Great news photography is often about split-second timing. Such was the case outside a  Woodstock, Ont., courthouse yesterday as Michael Rafferty, accused of first-degree murder in the death of eight-year-old Tori Stafford, made an application for a change of venue … Continue reading →

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Tips for reporters on dealing with grief-stricken families

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Larry Cornies

At 2:20 a.m. on Aug. 24, 1997, 20-year-old Catherine Newton stepped onto busy Richmond Street in downtown London, Ont. The bars had closed and she had skipped ahead of her girlfriends, anxious to meet up with her waiting boyfriend, Rob. … Continue reading →

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