Listen to Deb Nobes on CBC Radio’s special Canada Day edition of the morning show between 7:30 and 8 a.m. She’ll be talking about the art of clotheslines, and why hanging out the laundry is about a whole lot more than an environmentally friendly way of drying your jeans.
Archive for June, 2009
Clotheslines on Canada Day
Posted in CBC, tagged Inspiration on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
‘Three strikes and you’re fired’
Posted in Media, Newspapers, tagged Inspiration, Matt McCann, Media, Newspapers on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The story of the firing of St. Thomas University journalism student Matt McCann has now officially gone international. A campaigner for accuracy in newspapers comes down on the side of our student.
‘Just a regular guy at the right time, right place’
Posted in Heroes, tagged Saint John on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
James Blagden, a real hero, reminds us of why we love Saint Johners. Great story about falling into the hands of fate.
Things that make me happy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fredericton, Happiness, Music on June 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here are some things that made me happy during the past two days:
1. The band 8Track Mind playing Earth Wind and Fire’s 1970s hit “September” during one of the summer evening free concerts at Officer’s Square in downtown Fredericton.
2. My son’s band, Dawn Brings Vengeance, laying down a brutal set in the Studio Lounge [...]
Toronto Star update
Posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A correction has been made in the online version of the story about STU student Matt McCann: See post below.
The story now reads:
McCann will finish up his summer not as a journalist, to his disappointment. The son of school teachers, he was working at a flower shop in Toronto before moving to Fredericton with his [...]
Since when is misspelling a name a firing offense at a newspaper?
Posted in Freedom, Media, Newspapers, St. Thomas University, Universities, tagged Media, New Brunswick, Reporting on June 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Toronto Star reports this morning on the firing of St. Thomas University student Matt McCann from the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. McCann is the reporter who was shown the door after writing a story about a group of University of New Brunswick professors who were protesting the awarding of an honourary degree to Premier [...]
The problem with CBC.ca comments, again
Posted in CBC, Freedom, tagged cbc.ca, Reporting, user generated content on June 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
CBC.ca has a problem. Here is an example. Editors post a story about a police investigation in London, Ontario, involving a woman and the discovery of the remains of three infants. A woman has been charged with charged with causing an indignity to a body and disposing of a child’s body with intent to conceal [...]
Oops
Posted in Media, journalism, tagged Newspapers, Reporting, swine flu on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Many a good story has been ruined by over-verification.
Who are the members of the Coalition for Rural NB and why don’t they use their real names?
Posted in Freedom, tagged Media, New Brunswick, Politics, Reporting on June 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In recent days I have been receiving so-called “press releases” from a group called The Coalition for Rural New Brunswick. The “releases” are commentaries about public issues in the province, and the occasional reporting of rumour and innuendo, and hint of conspiracies in the back rooms of New Brunswick politics. The strange thing about these [...]
In defence of Matt McCann
Posted in CBC, Newspapers, Universities, tagged Matt McCann, Media, Politics, Premier Shawn Graham, Reporting, Telegraph-Journal, UNB on June 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
On May 12, the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal published a story written by Matt McCann, a St. Thomas University journalism student. The story was about a group of UNB professors who were circulating a letter objecting to the university’s decision to award an honorary degree to Premier Shawn Graham. After the story was published, Mr. McCann [...]
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