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Three decades in newspapers, 1 National Newspaper Award. 10 years as a CRTC Commissioner/vice chair, six years running the Royal Sask Museum, Alberta Centennial medal, Saskatchewan Jubilee medal.
Freelance writer. My interests are catholic. My drink of choice is an Old Fashioned, just in case you're buying.
Peter Stockland has been Publisher-Editor of The Catholic Register, Publisher of Convivium Magazine and Editor-in-Chief of the Montreal Gazette. He is in the MFA program at St. Thomas University, Houston TX.
Gingras walked the bleeding edge from satellites to media to search engines. He helped found the Center for News, Technology, and Innovation. He is board chair at Village Media, which is rethinking local news to strengthen the communities they serve.
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