Archive
13 Jul

The conduct of public inquiries

Whether its about G20, Air India or Mulroney-Schreiber, good, bad or indifferent public inquiries make news and reporters are sent to cover them, Peter Rehak writes. Yet, relatively little has […]

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22 Apr

The Voice of Newfoundland

Susan Newhook reviews a new book by author Jeff Webb. The Voice of Newfoundland chronicles the decade-long social history of the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland. Jeff Webb’s social history of […]

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30 Mar

Spy vs. Lie

Our Man in Tehran, a new book by Robert Wright, suggests Canadian Ken Taylor was a CIA spy, and news outlets were quick to jump on the label. But reviewer […]

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16 Feb

Editorial cartoons defining citizenship

Terry Mosher’s collection of editorial cartoons, Aislin’s Shenanigans, is a reminder that there are still commentators out there who have not lost their edge, writes Book Reviews editor David Spencer. […]

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19 Jan

Author blames news media for evangelicals’ image problem

In his book Through a Lens Darkly, author David Haskell blames the news media for the image problem facing Canadian evangelicals. However, reviewer John P. Ferré finds there is not […]

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17 Nov

The nuts and bolts of media relations

Author William Wray Carney has produced a “highly readable, practical and scholarly” but at times “dated” text on media relations with In the News: The Practice of Media Relations in […]

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16 Nov

Globe reviews Wente and Murphy column collections

“I like columnists. I really do,” begins David Hayes’ review of new books from Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente and Globe columnist and CBC commentator Rex Murphy. Hayes’ review […]

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3 Nov

Aspers got value for money in commissioned bio

Peter C. Newman’s Izzy: The Passionate Life and Turbulent Times of Izzy Asper, Canada’s Media Mogul, is an authorized biography that sheds less light on its subject matter than on […]

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6 Oct

Media companies are converging, so should the unions

In The Laboring of Communication: Will Knowledge Workers of the World Unite? scholars Catherine McKercher and Vincent Mosco argue for larger, more powerful unions to combat the media concentration that’s […]

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8 Sep

A Dying Breed?

Esprit de Corps editor Scott Taylor is taken to task for irresponsible behaviour in a new review by J-Source contributor, Jeffrey Dvorkin. Taylor – a former soldier – writes about […]

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