http://www.eccafe.org/sto/bcameron.html Bill Cameron’s last piece of journalism: An account of living with the cancer that eventually killed him. Fittingly, it won him a journalism award. RIP, Bill.
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http://www.rrj.ca/issue/2000/spring/314/ Getting nostalgic for a wonderful former CBC reporter leads me to the heartbreaking news that he died a few years ago. There was nobody on Canadian TV quite as witty, refined, and credible as Bill Cameron. Such a loss for his family, for the industry, and for the faltering CBC. Carolyn Jack, producer of […]
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Twitter switch for Guardian, after 188 years of ink | Media | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/01/guardian-twitter-media-technology The Guardian announces its switch to a Twitter-based news outlet, though one suspects they’ll revisit this decision on April 2nd… This is one of the more marvellous and topical April Fool’s jokes I’ve ever seen. Well worth a 140-character read. As a Twitter-only publication, the Guardian will be able to harness the unprecedented newsgathering […]
Rather
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/business/media/17rather.html?hp CBS unceremoniously booted Dan Rather from the anchor chair he inherited from Cronkite, and which he had attained after paying his dues as a battle hardened reporter and correspondent. Now, with the sun setting on the Republican regime that demanded his ouster, the scurrilous facts about the case are coming out, in large part […]
Rather
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/business/media/17rather.html?hp CBS unceremoniously booted Dan Rather from the anchor chair he inherited from Cronkite, and which he had attained after paying his dues as a battle hardened reporter and correspondent. Now, with the sun setting on the Republican regime that demanded his ouster, the scurrilous facts about the case are coming out, in large part […]
Converting a YMCA Gym into a Beautiful Apartment
http://freshome.com/2008/10/02/converting-a-ymca-gym-into-a-beautiful-apartment/ “Beautiful”? Not to the eye of this beholder. Should perhaps read, “Converting a YMCA Gym into an Ikea Apartment”.
Celebrities Dabble in Online Dating – Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment – FOXNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,187610,00.html “News piece” describes MySpace as the perfect place to post your headshots, land a film job, meet a (possibly celebrity) mate, etc., etc… The disclaimer at the bottom shows that the “news agency” reporting on MySpace actually owns MySpace. This is what the media calls “synergy.” (And this is what I call “bullshit.”) A […]