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Phillips66 390 days ago
Conrad Black, otherwise known as Inmate 18330-424 at the Federal Correctional Institution in Coleman, Florida, is carving out quite the niche for himself as a freelance writer. In addition to his regular columns in the National Post, Lord Black recently published a learned article on Franklin Roosevelt in the Globe and Mail. Now he turns up in the high-brow Literary Review of Canada with a generous and stylish review of Margaret Atwood's book Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth. Lord Black ranges widely, touching at one point on anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages and offering this wonderful line: "I do not hold myself out as an authority on the Middle Ages, and I am not now in a place that facilitates the study of them." At least he hasn't lost his sense of humour. Update: here's a link to the "Conrad Black Fan Club" on Facebook, which apparently has 619 members.Phillips66 391 days ago
It's official: the Habs Inside/Out fan summit is now an annual tradition. About 100 Canadiens fans brought together by our boffo hockey website, Habsinsideout.com, descended on Montreal over the weekend to see a game and connect in person rather than on the web. They gathered at a local watering hole (above) before Saturday night's game, were greeted by Réjean Houle, the Canadiens' alumni president, and then trooped off to the Bell Centre. Unfortunately, the Habs dropped the game against the Ducks, 6-4, but these are serious, committed fans, not the type to allow a temporary setback to spoil the celebratory mood. The summiteers also held a raffle to benefit the Gainey Foundation. Last year they raised $400 for the same cause; this year they collected an impressive $1,300.Phillips66 395 days ago
The publisher of the New York Times is musing again about the disappearance of print, or at least the Times in print. At the WebbyConnect conference in California, Arthur Sulzberger Jr. was asked whether the print version of the NYT will be around in 10 years, and replied: “The heart of the answer must be that we can’t care." Aaack! But then he went on: "We do care. I care very much, but we must be where people want us to be for their information… Print is going to be here, I believe, for a very long time.” Here's a complete text of what he said. This was reminiscent of remarks Sulzberger made last year, when he told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that he wasn't sure whether the print Times would be around in five years and he really didn't care. What he meant, he quickly added, was that journalists should be focused on the content they produce, not the way people read it, but naturally his remark caused palpitations throughout the newspaper industry and he ...
Phillips66 396 days ago
One of the best events in the Gazette newsroom's calendar was held on Tuesday evening. A couple of dozen students from Concordia's journalism department came in for a sip of wine and a bite of cheese as bursaries were presented to four talented students. It was also an occasion to honour the memories of two respected Gazette journalists – Susan Carson and Lewis Harris. Elisabeth Carson, Susan's daughter, presented the Susan Carson Memorial Bursary to Dominique Jarry-Shore, while Marian Scott, Lew's wife and a Gazette writer herself, presented the Lew Harris Memorial Award to Siena Anstis. On behalf of The Gazette, I presented two Philip Fisher bursaries, named for a former chairman of Southam Inc., which owned this paper and others until it was bought by Hollinger Inc. in the mid-1990s. The bursaries went to two students in the graduate diploma program, Paloma Friedman and Amanda Wenek. It was a good reminder of the close links between The Gazette and Concordia's j-school, the ...Phillips66 396 days ago
The Gazette's Miguel Syjuco has made the shortlist for the Man Asian Literary Prize, a major award for a work published in English. Here's the announcement from the foundation that presents the award, which will be presented in Hong Kong on Nov. 13. And here's some earlier background about Miguel and his novel, Ilustrado. The Gazette's story notes that the prize comes with a cheque for $10,000 U.S.
