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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
- RT @cressman: The TED lecture you weren't supposed to see. http://t.co/FO8M2ULD 10 hrs ago
- Congrats to @ConestogaC's @rachelleguelph and her students for winning a national award with Conestoga Connected. http://t.co/YscUiHXK 10 hrs ago
- Agreed. A great personal essay. RT @cbcsteve: A touching piece by @RandyatLFPress on remembering #ToriStafford http://t.co/HSCQumz5 1 day ago
- Gotta hand it to @NatalieGore_ and her hubby, who drove 6.5 hours each way to surprise her mom on #MothersDay Beautiful gesture. 5 days ago
- This is feature writing at its finest. RT @bruce_arthur: My column on the strange success of Dale Hunter: http://t.co/gToUjkgv 1 week 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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Category Archives: Journalism
Reporting on journalists in harm’s way
There were a number of very interesting seminars and panel discussions at this year’s national conference of the Canadian Association of Journalists in Montreal in late May. Among conferees, the most popular panels were those on “Ottawa’s Information Lockdown and … Continue reading
Can Sun TV provide a ‘third way’ in Canadian TV journalism?
As was widely expected, Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau has announced plans to launch Sun TV News Channel across Canada beginning Jan. 1, 2011. Speculation that Quebecor would bid to become a national news broadcaster has soared in recent … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcasting, Canada, Canadian politics, Journalism, Newspapers, Politics
Tagged peladeau, Sun TV, Teneycke
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The undoing of White House correspondent Helen Thomas
She was the matriarch of White House correspondents — until a few ill-considered sentences from the side of the camera lens to which she is less accustomed landed her in hot water late last month and forced her abrupt resignation … Continue reading
Posted in , Journalism, U.S. politics
Tagged CBC, Hearst, helen thomas, Jian Ghomeshi, Q
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Reporter Michelle Lang dies in Afghanistan
It isn’t often that Canadian journalists die in the line of duty, at home or abroad. That fact alone makes the death yesterday of 34-year-old Calgary Herald reporter Michelle Lang remarkable. She was killed alongside four Canadian Forces soldiers as … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign reporting, Journalism
Tagged Afghanistan, Calgary Herald, Canadian Forces, Canwest, Michelle Lang
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Supreme Court validates responsibility argument
I was sitting in a restaurant Tuesday morning having breakfast with my spouse, our daughter and her friend when I happened to check the Twitter feed on my mobile phone. “Yes!” I exclaimed, feeling suddenly self-conscious about my outburst as … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, education, Journalism, Justice
Tagged Canada, Journalism, libel, Reporting, Supreme Court
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