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How spilling a Tim Hortons coffee in my journalism school newsroom helped my student create the ‘must read’ @SochiProblems Twitter account that has gone viral

February 9, 2014 1 Comment

By now, many of you may have heard about the washrooms in Sochi that didn’t have shower curtains. Or the…

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Filed under: @Sochiproblems, alex broad, Alexander Broad, centennial journalism, eric mcmillan, nolan white, olympics 2014, Russian olympics, Sochi Olympics, toronto observer

Toronto Observer redesign unveiled + newsroom tv studio new look

September 24, 2011 2 Comments

TORONTO OBSERVER REDESIGN One of Toronto’s award-winning community newspapers, the Toronto Observer brand, has been given a spiffy new look,…

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Filed under: andrew mair, centennial journalism, friends music life, neil ward, Nicholas Pescod, radio nation, sarah lenore, sportsnet, toronto observer, up workshop, videoscope

Jack Layton and Centennial Journalism

August 22, 2011 Leave a comment

  Toronto Star coverage of Layton’s visit to Centennial Journalism January 17, 2006 Jack Layton and Olivia Chow scrumming with…

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Filed under: Centennial College, centennial journalism, jack layton, toronto observer

Rapture and Centennial Journalism

May 22, 2011 Leave a comment

I’m sending this out for the May 24 long weekend in case the world ends on Saturday, May 21, 2011.…

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Filed under: CAK, National Post, ocna, rapture, Scrapbooking and CArds today, the province, today commercial news, toronto observer, vaughan today, yellowknifer

Sex Toy story wins Broadcast Educators Association Award

May 10, 2011 Leave a comment

A story for Valentine’s Day by student Yamri Tadesse about a Canadian invention called We Vibe 2 has won the…

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Filed under: Broadcast educators, centennial journalism, Observer Radio News, sex toy, toronto observer, we vibe, Yamri tadesse

Canadian election night coverage at Centennial College Journalism

May 2, 2011 Leave a comment

Classes are over for the year. But a hardy group of journalism students volunteered fanned out across the city to…

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Filed under: canada election, centennial journalism, toronto observer

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