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Larry Cornies is coordinator of both the print journalism and new media programs at Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Kitchener, Ont., and 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; Maclean-Hunter Chair of Communication Ethics at Ryerson University's School of Journalism, Toronto; and Editor of The London Free Press, London, Ont. He continues to write a weekly column for The London Free Press.

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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 who, until My Lai, had supported or wavered in their support for the war turned [...]

August 22nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: , Investigative journalism, Journalism, Journalism history, Photos and illustration, Reporting, U.S. politics | Leave a comment

Toronto Mayor David Miller and the Maclean’s cover

The cover illustration on the July 27 issue of Maclean’s, constructed from a series of manipulated images, certainly is, well, provocative.
It features a less-than-flattering image of Toronto Mayor David Miller stuffed into an aluminum garbage can, banana peel adorning his scalp, with raccoons foraging around the rotting detritus at the container’s bottom.
And lest the reader [...]

July 19th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Journalism, Journalism ethics, Magazines, Photos and illustration | Leave a comment