CBC producer to examine origin of ideas
Bernie Lucht was 16 when he first watched the production of a television program. He was hooked. “I was impressed by the nature of the event, by the professionalism,” he said in a phone interview. “I thought to myself, ‘I want to work in this medium.’” The rest, as they say, is history. Lucht is [...]
Neil Reynolds has worked in some of the country’s largest newsrooms, including the Ottawa Citizen and the The Vancouver Sun. He’s now editor-at-large at the province’s three daily newspapers, the Telegraph-Journal, Daily Gleaner and Times & Transcript. He’s also a columnist with The Globe and Mail. On Thursday, at 8 p.m. in the Kinsella Auditorium, [...]
Continue reading …We all saw it. The low swoop of the plane and then it was gone. We saw the explosive flame engulf the cloud of smoke, the ash raining down on people even five blocks away. We saw the close-ups of those on the ground running for cover, the tears pouring down the corners of their eyes, [...]
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A university source has confirmed that Jan Wong has joined the staff of St. Thomas University’s journalism programme. The former Globe and Mail columnist was the school’s Irving Chair in Journalism last year, acting as a resource to students throughout the first semester and giving workshops and lectures. As a foreign correspondent for the Globe, [...]
Continue reading …Journalists and scientists think very differently. Some would argue that they are two completely different breeds of people. But work is being done to bring the two fields closer together so they can understand each other’s language. Last Wednesday, BioAtlantic and Geonome Atlantic hosted a panel discussion at the University of New Brunswick’s Wu Centre. [...]
Continue reading …Editor Note: On Sept. 20, St. Thomas University officially welcomed Jan Wong, this year’s Irving Chair in Journalism, to campus. I had the privilege of meeting Ms. Wong last year in Edmonton. This report is made up of tape from her speech and interviews with both Ms. Wong and the Globe and Mail’s Phillip Crawley. [...]
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Well I’m back from vacation and ready for a much busier new year. I fully admit this little blog hasn’t been getting the attention it deserves, but that’s going to change. Expect a lot more updates this semester. We’ll kick things off with some interesting news for journalism students. St. Thomas University has finally added [...]
Continue reading …Matt McCann It was an eventful summer, to say the least, in the sometimes-insular world of New Brunswick’s print media, but I came away from it with a greater understanding of the communal nature of responsibility and duty in a newsroom. In June, writing in a Saturday opinion piece, Toronto Star public editor Kathy English [...]
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