tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post6605731977132378223..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: Bye-Bye Public Eye.RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-16988397588058880972012-08-05T16:46:16.598-07:002012-08-05T16:46:16.598-07:00All done in two hours Eleanor?
Wow.
Impressive.
...All done in two hours Eleanor?<br /><br />Wow.<br /><br />Impressive.<br /><br />Thanks for the little peek into the method.<br /><br />I wondered if you all knew what was coming, no more so than this morning when you pointed us towards some very important, on target, pieces.<br /><br />Now....<br /><br />Issue 1 for Sean's new crop of students...<br /><br />Just what are the implications, for society at large, of this 'Branded Journalism' that Ira Basen was going on about in this weekend's Globe?<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-27104283731705892672012-08-05T16:35:46.661-07:002012-08-05T16:35:46.661-07:00Sean has cut and pasted and sent you his opening e...Sean has cut and pasted and sent you his opening editorial from his "sked" as he calls it, typed as is his want in his characteristic all caps. Before every Sunday show Sean would circulate the portion of his sked with the topics for discussion to his rabble rousers. On the Saturday night before each Sunday when I did the show, I would do Sean's homework assignment while listening to Randy's Vinyl Tap on CBC.<br /><br />And now that is a memory.Eleanor Gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-10053771205267399522012-08-05T15:34:55.643-07:002012-08-05T15:34:55.643-07:00Thanks Sean.
.Thanks Sean.<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-15221422513656102262012-08-05T13:42:26.670-07:002012-08-05T13:42:26.670-07:00For your information and interest, here's what...For your information and interest, here's what you missed :)<br /><br />FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS, I’VE HAD PLEASURE OF BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING ON PROVINCIAL POLITICS IN THIS PROVINCE<br /><br />AND, FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, I’VE ALSO BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR HOSTING THIS SHOW<br /><br />I SAY RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT JOURNALISM IS<br /><br />A RESPONSIBILITY<br /><br />IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HOLD INSTITUTIONS AND OFFICIALS TO ACCOUNT<br /><br />ON BEHALF OF YOU – THE PUBLIC<br /><br />IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HOLD A MIRROR UP TO THE PUBLIC<br /><br />REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE<br /><br />EVERYTHING ELSE IS SUPERFLUOUS<br /><br />THIS IS WHAT I TELL MY JOURNALISM STUDENTS<br /><br />AND I HOPE I PRACTICE WHAT I TEACH<br /><br />ALL THIS IS PRELUDE TO ADVISE YOU THIS IS MY FINAL SHOW ON CFAX<br /><br />THIS MONTH, I’LL BE LEAVING BRITISH COLUMBIA TO JOIN MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY IN CALGARY AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF JOURNALISM<br /><br />FROM THERE, I’LL CONTINUE HOLDING PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND OFFICIALS TO ACCOUNT<br /><br />FROM THERE, I’LL CONTINUE HOLDING A MIRROR UP TO THE PUBLIC<br /><br />BY HELPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF JOURNALISTS TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY<br /><br />BUT BEFORE I SIGN OFF, I’D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS SHOW POSSIBLE<br /><br />FIRST, MY PAST AND PRESENT PANNELISTS – DON ANDERSON, DAVID CUBBERLEY, ELEANOR GREGORY, JOHN HEANEY, ANDREW MACLEOD, DAVE OBEE, TREVOR ORAM, SHEILA ORR, BOB RUSSELL, BERNARD VON SCHULMANN, ROB SHAW, TROY SEBASTIAN, CHARLIE SMITH, ALEX TSAKUMIS, ALLAN WARNKE AND BRAD ZUBYK <br /><br />THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVALUABLE INSIGHT AND GIVING UP COUNTLESS SUNDAY MORNINGS TO PROVIDE IT<br /><br />SECOND, I’D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE AT CFAX<br /><br />ESPECIALLY MY TECHNICAL PRODUCERS<br /><br />AS WELL AS TERRY SPENCE, WHO GAVE ME THIS TIME SLOT<br /><br />AND NEWS DIRECTOR MURRAY LANGDON, WHO HAS BEEN AN UNFAILING FAN AND SUPPORTER OF PUBLIC EYE RADIO<br /><br />THIRD, I’D LIKE TO THANK MY BIGGEST FANS – MY WIFE AND MY PARENTS – FOR THEIR EQUALLY UNFAILING SUPPORT<br /><br />AND FINALLY YOU, MY LISTENERS<br /><br />THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THIS SHOW<br /><br />AND THE STATE OF PROVINCIAL POLITICS<br /><br />BECAUSE IF YOU WEREN’T LISTENING – AND WILLING TO BE PART OF BRITISH COLUMBIA’S CIVIL SOCIETY<br /><br />NONE OF THIS WOULD MATTERSean Holmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844405530189838075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-72157282918336832912012-08-05T12:25:29.832-07:002012-08-05T12:25:29.832-07:00Excellent!
Sorry - slept in.
Congratulations.
(...Excellent!<br /><br />Sorry - slept in.<br /><br />Congratulations.<br /><br />(and if it is/was a July 1st appointment, stop messing around at places like this because...the tenure clock is now ticking!)RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-73658116922950877892012-08-05T12:09:16.834-07:002012-08-05T12:09:16.834-07:00Ah, you must have missed the editorial where all w...Ah, you must have missed the editorial where all was explained. I'm joining Mount Royal University as an assistant professor journalism.Sean Holmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844405530189838075noreply@blogger.com