Phillip Crawley, publisher and CEO of The Globe and Mail; Barbara Williams, executive vice president of content at Canwest Broadcasting; and Douglas Knight, president of St. Joseph Media; will discuss the state of the journalism industry during a “View from the Top” session at the inaugural Media Management Executive Education Program (MMEEP), a collaboration between the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and the Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF).

“This is an innovative and timely collaboration on the part of Rotman and the CJF, bringing the benefits of professional management education to media’s new leaders as they prepare to face transformational challenges and exciting opportunities,” said Doug Knight in a press release.

As previously reported, the three-day residential management certificate program for journalists program will be held from October 23-25, 2009 at The Bank of Montreal’s Institute for Learning in Toronto. The program can accommodate up to 30 registrants. The registration deadline is September 30, 2009.