Category Archives: Journalism

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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The Economist and digital-image manipulation

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Larry Cornies

Since the advent of digital photography in the early 1990s, there have been hundreds of cases of manipulation of news photographs by newspapers and magazines for editorial, artistic and cosmetic purposes. The practice, of course, preceded Photoshop and its competitors: … Continue reading →

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The proposed takeover of The Canadian Press

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Larry Cornies

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 →

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Campus reverie

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Larry Cornies

For most teachers and students, school’s out for the summer. The great, yawning gap of July and August provides a respite from daily and weekly routines. Not so for me: July and August bring seven weeks of teaching and mentoring in … Continue reading →

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Politics, journalism and Toronto’s G20 weekend

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Larry Cornies

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 →

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