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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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Politics, journalism and Toronto’s G20 weekend
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
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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Stephen Harper rocks the National Arts Centre
Well, now, that was different. And really quite refreshing. As if any additional evidence was needed that the momentum in Canadian politics is shifting from Michael Ignatieff’s Liberals to the Stephen Harper Conservatives, the prime minister put on a little … Continue reading
Campaign video wars begin
In mid-September, I found a message from the Conservative Party of Canada in my email inbox. The sender was identified as “Mike Duffy” — yes, that one. The subject line — “Let’s talk about moving Canada forward” — was followed … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Canadian politics, Politics, Technology
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