Iain Alec Bain was the Multimedia Editor for the Winter 2011 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Standing on the Shoulders of a Giant
The uncompromising legacy of George Bain, Canada's first national affairs columnist
Updated: January 5, 2011 1:12a.m. By 1973, George Bain was restless. He’d been writing The Globe and Mail’s Ottawa column since 1964, and though he’d covered a fascinating, occasionally tumultuous, time in Canada’s political life—including the 1967 Centennial, Trudeaumania and the War Measures Act—he was up for a new challenge. Globe editor Richard “Dic” J. Doyle didn’t want […]
12 Days of the RRJ: Day 9 – Local News Package
The way people consume news has evolved over the past decade. The Ryerson Review of Journalism investigates the local news landscape in a special five-part investigation.
Matt Galloway is the new host of CBC Radio One’s Metro Morning after Andy Barrie helped take the show to number one in the ratings during his 15-year stay. Television stations, such as Toronto’s Citytv and London’s A, attempt to deliver strong local newscasts during trying times. Swerve, a weekly insert in the Calgary Herald, […]
12 Days of the RRJ: Day 7 – George Bain
George Bain pioneered the modern political column in Canada for The Globe and Mail in the late 1950s. His contribution to Canadian journalism led to him being named to the Order of Canada in 2001. Bain was also difficult to deal with, holding his peers and editors to the same exacting standards he maintained throughout his life. In his final book, Gotcha! How the Media Distort the News, Bain turns a characteristically uncompromising eye to his own kind: journalists.
Read Iain Alec Bain’s examination of George Bain’s career in the upcoming issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism, which launches December 14 at the Cadillac Lounge. Until then, Iain Alec Bain’s podcast brings you a taste of the unrelenting George Bain. Iain Alec Bain is not related to George Bain.
Patti Tasko unveils 2010 CP Style Guide
Alec Bain speaks to Canadian Press editor Patti Tasko about the 16th edition of the Canadian Press Stylebook and how the new guide tackles the internet and new media
Alec Bain speaks to Canadian Press editor Patti Tasko about the 16th edition of the Canadian Press Stylebook and how the new gCP Style Guide is redefining journalism while remaining loyal to traditional journalistic policy.uide tackles the internet and new media. Every two years the Canadian Press comes out with a national guide for Canadian journalists on […]
Defamatory Bubbles
Iain Bain discusses the laws surrounding libel and defamation with litigation partner and defamation attorney Ryder Gilliland concerning G20's bubbles incident
Iain Bain discusses the laws surrounding libel and defamation with litigation partner and defamation attorney Ryder Gilliland concerning G20’s bubbles incident.
