Articles tagged with: media
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The acclaimed and bestselling author and Globe and Mail columnist Stephen Brunt discusses his new book Gretzky’s Tears: Hockey, Canada, and the Day Everything Changed (Knopf, 2009), with Anjan Chaklader.
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SFU communications professor Donald Gutstein discusses his book Not a Conspiracy Theory: How Business Propaganda Hijacks Democracy (Key Porter, 2009), with Joseph Planta; highlighting some of the notable think tanks in Canada and their relationships with big business, and just how they in turn influence what’s reported in the media.
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The longtime Global BC News Hour anchor Tony Parsons talks about his career in television and his new memoir, A Life in the News (Harbour Publishing, 2009), with Joseph Planta. Also discussed, how the News Hour has remained a ratings leader in the over 35 years he’s helmed the broadcast, his drinking and depression, his marriages, Pamela Martin and their working relationship, whether Martin and Bill Good like each other at CTV, and more.
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Terry O’Reilly, the award winning advertising writer and director and host of CBC Radio’s popular The Age of Persuasion discusses his new book, The Age of Persuasion: How Marketing Ate Our Culture (Knopf, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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HDNet correspondent and former ABC News correspondent Greg Dobbs discusses his new memoir, Life in the Wrong Lane: Why Journalists Go in When Everyone Else Wants Out (iUniverse, 2009), with Joseph Planta; they discuss the great Paul Harvey, interviewing Muammar Gaddafi, Gary Gilmore, the current state of journalism, and more.
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James Hoggan of the PR firm Hoggan and Associates talks about his new book (co-written with Richard Littlemore), Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming (Greystone, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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Last week, Joseph Planta talked to CBC Radio host Eleanor Wachtel about interviewing and more. The host of Writers and Company, Wachtel hosts what is considered Canada’s foremost literary program. Podcasts of Writers and Company can be downloaded at here
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The award-winning Public Eye Online journalist Sean Holman, joins Joseph Planta from Victoria, to discuss investigative journalism, the HST, Jessica McDonald, and more.
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Hal Wake, the artistic director of the Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival talks to Joseph Planta about the 22nd annual edition, what to expect the week of the 18th to 25th of October 2009, the writers who’ll be appearing, as well he discusses his former career in broadcasting and more.
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The co-editor of CityCaucus.com, Michael Klassen, returns to the program to talk to Joseph Planta about the future of Vancouver’s Non-Partisan Association as the NPA meets for its annual general meeting today, as well he discusses the websites and blogs covering municipal and urban affairs in this area, as well as the eHealth controversy.
