TORONTO, September 9, 2021 -- Two prominent Canadian journalists,
David Frum and Mark Starowicz, will share their views on media convergence,
ownership and the future of public broadcasting during a free public
lecture, The Future of Journalism: Two Perspectives, to be held on
Wednesday, September 18. The
lecture is the inaugural event of the Canadian Media Research Consortium
(CMRC), a partnership of three university-based organizations dedicated
to research and public discussion on the Canadian media. The annual
lecture and CMRC are funded by Bell Globemedia as part of a benefits
package created from BCE's acquisition of CTV. "We
are grateful to Bell Globemedia and the CRTC for supporting this initiative,"
said York University Prof. Fred Fletcher, a CMRC director and head
of the York/Ryerson Joint Graduate Program in Communication and Culture.
"These lectures will help promote - made-in-Canada - responses to
current and emerging media issues."
David Frum served as special assistant/economic speech writer to U.S.
President George W. Bush from January 2001 to February 2002. He has
worked as a National Post columnist and a Senior fellow of the Manhattan
Institute (a U.S. economic think tank). His books include: How We
Got There (2000), What's Right (1996) and Dead Right (1994).
Mark Starowicz is the creator and executive producer of CBC Television's
highly acclaimed Canada: A People's History, the largest documentary
production in Canadian history. As head of CBC's documentary programming,
he is responsible for the flagship prime-time series Witness and Life
and Times. He created As It Happens and Sunday Morning, programs which
redefined CBC Radio. In 1982, he led a national CBC task force to
revamp information programming. The result was the most successful
television project of the time, The Journal. The CMRC is a partnership
of Le Centre d'études sur les médias (Université
Laval and L'école des Hautes études commerciales) the
School of Journalism at the University of British Columbia, and the
Joint Graduate Program in Communication and Culture (Ryerson University
and York University).
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