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Why Stephen Harper should speak louder to help free Mohamed Fahmy and other Al Jazeera journalists in an Egyptian jail

June 27, 2014 Leave a comment

As a national director of the Canadian Association of Journalists, I was invited to speak Thursday on SUN News Network,…

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Filed under: Al Jazeera, Canadian Association Of Journalists, egypt, Ellin Bessner, exra levant, freeajstaff, journalism, Mohamed Fahmy, sun new network

Shoot and edit with Imovie app: doing TV news on your iPhone and iPad

October 19, 2013 Leave a comment

Imovie App What’s the best kept secret at Centennial College’s East York campus? That was the assignment we gave to…

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Filed under: abbas rizvi, apple canada, centennial journalism, emily baron cadloff, george browne, Global News, imovie app, ipad, iPhone, journalism, kevin buffitt, mobile journalism, rohan mcleish

How to become a more confident journalist? #Onearticleaday challenge

September 7, 2013 Leave a comment

from eonline.com Most of my journalism students this fall will recognize that photo without too much trouble. Heck, most of…

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Filed under: arab spring, centennial journalism, eonline, japan, journalism, maclean's, maglev, miley cyrus, reading, twerk, wired

Five things Anne Frank taught me in 2013

August 16, 2013 Leave a comment

Ellin at Anne Frank house. Amsterdam, August 2013 Twenty five years ago, on a brief stopover in Amsterdam, I got…

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Filed under: amsterdam, anne frank, bergen belsen, da portare via, esnoga, hollandsche schouwburg, jeanette loeb, jewish, journalism, schipol, stoplerstein, westerkirk, willy lindwer

What publishing your first story feels like

August 14, 2013 Leave a comment

Saw this great post from Robert Washburn on my Facebook feed today. Do you think it would be a good…

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Filed under: byline, centennial journalism, journalism, New York Times

What does CBC News reporter Paul Hunter keep in his ready bag?

June 13, 2013 Leave a comment

What does CBC News reporter Paul Hunter keep in his ready bag for when his phone rings and he must…

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Filed under: Afghanistan, blackBerry, Canadian Association Of Journalists, cbc news, Centennial College, disaster reporter, Haiti, iPhone, journalism, newton, paul hunter, paula last, shure mic

Beam me up Scotty: New TV News control room at Centennial Journalism

August 23, 2012 Leave a comment

455 Promo from NewTek on Vimeo. I keep calling it a Tricorder. You know. The one that was on Star…

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Filed under: captain kirk, centennial journalism, cinequip, control room, forbes, francois biber, hd tv, journalism, new york giants, newscast, star trek, Tricaster, tricorder, tv news

CP Style Guide anxiety

February 25, 2008 1 Comment

This entry is for those of you who have ever used, or still use, the CP Stylebook, or what I…

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Filed under: Centennial College, CP Stylebook, journalism, Mafia

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