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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
- The time for city politicians and staff to ask that question about #EMD site is now, not a decade from now. 3 days ago
- #EMD site has got to be one of London's hottest brownfields. Does Cat get to walk away or is there a plan for remediation? 3 days ago
- MT @rachelnixon: There's a message from Douglas Coupland in this QR code if you scan it - from his latest exhibition. http://t.co/KSIlS3fC 3 days ago
- Overheard this coming from @StephenSongtime's desk earlier this week. Nice diversion from HNIC. http://t.co/l2OlqGAN 3 days ago
- [Column] Dear panel to be convened by @JohnToryShow: Remember that it's @OntarioPlace, not Toronto Place. http://t.co/EbuQ71BC 4 days 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: Life in general
Portuguese airline TAP thanks its customers
Here’s how employees of Portuguese airline TAP in Lisbon wished their customers a happy holiday season. Hmmm. Maybe Delta Airlines employees and airport security officials in Amsterdam were doing something similar on Christmas Day, when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab passed through … Continue reading
Decades, centuries, eras: How do we measure time?
The end of the decade to which the Brits refer as the Aughts (“aught” being the Old English word for “zero”) is upon us. In three days, we’ll enter 2010. (Will common parlance come to prefer the expression “two thousand … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and culture, Life in general, Technology
Tagged 2009, 2010, history, iPod, Roger Martin, time
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A Gemini Award nomination
The kid has had to endure his share of skeptical glances and raised eyebrows from Dad about his choice of music as a career. So it’s only fair that Dad should, quite publicly, eat some crow. Graeme, our second son, … Continue reading
Spielberg film to boost Tintin’s worldwide profile
To say Tintin inspired me to become a journalist would be an overstatement. He was, after all, merely a cartoon character who lived inside the covers of my favourite books at the local public library. As a child, I checked … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and culture, Life in general, Newspapers, Reporting
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Letterman salutes Leamington
You can take the boy out of the country but you can’t . . . well, you know the rest. I suppose there’s still enough Essex County in me to get a chuckle out of this short segment (below) from … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and culture, Canada, Life in general
Tagged Essex County, Leamington, Letterman
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