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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
- 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 4 hrs ago
- Overheard this coming from @StephenSongtime's desk earlier this week. Nice diversion from HNIC. http://t.co/l2OlqGAN 5 hrs ago
- [Column] Dear panel to be convened by @JohnToryShow: Remember that it's @OntarioPlace, not Toronto Place. http://t.co/EbuQ71BC 14 hrs ago
- Not that I'm aware. Perhaps @WendyMcCann or someone else knows. MT @anth_the_man_85: Are there any films on the history of @CdnPress? 15 hrs ago
- This would be @NatalieGore_ 's dream backyard. MT @DougCoupland: http://t.co/cs6k9pys 1 day 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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Obama’s eloquent defence of religious freedom
During an iftar dinner last night with American Muslim leaders at the White House to mark the start of Ramadan, U.S. President Barack Obama made an eloquent case for religious freedom. The immediate context was the controversy in New York … Continue reading →
Posted in Arts and culture, Politics, Religion, U.S. politics
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Tagged Barack Obama, freedom, Ground Zero, Muslims, religion
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The Economist and digital-image manipulation
Since the advent of digital photography in the early 1990s, there have been hundreds of cases of manipulation of news photographs by newspapers and magazines for editorial, artistic and cosmetic purposes. The practice, of course, preceded Photoshop and its competitors: … Continue reading →
Posted in , Journalism, Magazines, Newspapers, Photos and illustration
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Tagged Barack Obama, BP, Photography, Reuters, The Economist, The New York Times, The Washington Post
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Reading the signals on high-speed rail
The public policy debate over high-speed rail in Canada was spurred earlier this year by a series of symposia by the lobby group High Speed Rail Canada in a number of cities. These included Kitchener on Jan. 30, Toronto on … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alberta, Andrew Coyne, Barack Obama, Bombardier, high-speed rail, Maclean's, Ontario
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