My copy of the New York Times Magazine arrived this this morning with an editor’s note at the end of the “On Language” column, letting us know that Jack Rosenthal, president of the Times Company Foundation, was pinch-hitting for William Safire, “who is on hiatus for a few weeks.” In fact, Safire had for some [...]
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Notes on the passing of William Safire
Posted in Media, journalism, tagged Media, Reporting, New York Times, Dan Gillmor on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Getting it Right Here in River City
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fredericton, Fruteland Jackson, Grand Theft Bus, Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival, Joel Plaskett, Michael Kaeshammer, Olympic Symphonium, Petunia, Ray Bonneville, Shakura S'Aida, Steve Marriner, Terrence Simien, Tom Easley on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now that I’ve slept off my excessive indulgence in music during the past four days, I can write my thank-you note to the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival 2009 in Fredericton, N.B.
Here are a few of the highlights of the week:
• The beautiful Shakura S’Aida burning down the house at the Mojo Tent Saturday night, storming [...]
What’s faith got to do with it?
Posted in Freedom, tagged Academic freedom, Atlantic Baptist University, CAUT on September 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
News item: The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has struck a committee to investigate whether there has been an infringement of academic freedom at Atlantic Baptist University in New Brunswick. The mandate of the committee is as follows: “To determine if Atlantic Baptist University is denying academic freedom to its academic staff by requiring [...]
How do you spell mean?
Posted in CBC, tagged Canada's Super Spellers, CBC Television, cbc.ca on September 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last night we stumbled on CBC’s new reality show called Canada’s Super Spellers. Evan Solomon hosts a group of Canadian kids who compete in various spelling contests beneath this strange blue-green suspended face that seems to speak in the voice of actor Jonathan Torrens. The face thingy is weird. The spelling part is dull of [...]
Why we must witness war
Posted in journalism, tagged John Burns, Media, New York Times, Reporting, Stephen Farrell, Sultan Munadi on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you wonder why reporters go to war zones to tell stories, read New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell’s account of being captured by the Taliban, and then read veteran Times war correspondent John Burn’s response to the death of translator Sultan Munadi and his defense of journalism in dangerous places.
Burns writes: When Steve Farrell [...]
Good news for journalism
Posted in journalism, tagged New Brunswick, Newspapers, Telegraph-Journal on September 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The announcement that Neil Reynolds will once again be connected to the newspapers in New Brunswick is good news for journalism in this province and in general. This announcement appeared this morning in all three New Brunswick dailies:
Effective September 9, 2009, Jamie Irving will return to his responsibilities at Brunswick News Inc. as Vice President.
James [...]
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