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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. 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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- Finally, one of those rebuilt Highway 401 service centres -- at Dutton -- is actually open. http://tweetphoto.com/35474829 1 day ago
- Reminder that UWO's 1.2-metre reflecting telescope at Elginfield, Ont., will be open to public from 6 p.m. to midnight. http://bit.ly/9jdnqh 5 days ago
- Thanks @brian_frank and @paisley_girl73 for the kind nods. 1 week ago
- [Blog post] A review of the opening-night performance of Driving Miss Daisy at Sarnia's Imperial Theatre. http://bit.ly/czNPKT 1 week ago
- Driving Miss Daisy at the Imperial Theatre, Sarnia, is a great show, starring Michael Learned in title role. http://bit.ly/dwvkPO 1 week ago
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Category Archives: Reporting
The Bandidos trial and Twitter
Like some other readers, I’d wondered why The London Free Press had recently allowed its groundbreaking coverage of the Bandidos trial via Twitter (see my earlier post) to dissolve into a hit-and-miss affair that, increasingly, is absent altogether. Stories and … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Journalism, Newspapers, Online journalism, Reporting, Sensationalism, Technology
Tagged Bandidos, Globe and Mail, London Free Press, Robert Pickton, Twitter
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Teaching journalism — differently
About six months after I finished my graduate journalism degree in the mid-1980s, the University of Western Ontario asked me to return as a sessional instructor. A faculty member had taken ill, and her courses in the history of Canadian … Continue reading
The CBC’s Brian Stewart signs off
Though he’ll be back on the air from time to time to help cover major events, today marks the last day on the job for CBC News senior correspondent Brian Stewart. After he anchors The National tonight in place of … Continue reading
Posted in Broadcasting, Canada, International politics, Journalism, Reporting
Tagged Brian Stewart, CBC News, Peter Mansbridge, Tony Burman
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Journalists of the future
“She really wants to be a food editor — but it’s hard to tell her that print is dead.” That was the final line of an email message I received today from a longtime friend. He was asking my advice … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Newspapers, Reporting
Tagged Adam Westbrook, food, Print journalism
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New media and the Bandidos trial coverage
There isn’t a more dramatic criminal trial underway in Canada right now than that of six former Bandidos motorcycle club members, each charged with eight counts of first-degree murder, related to the grisly discovery of eight bodies in cars along … Continue reading
Posted in Crime and court reporting, Journalism, Reporting, Technology
Tagged Bandidos, Larry O'Brien, London Free Press, Twitter
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