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Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Friday, October 24
Letting your subjects have their say
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DavidAkin
on Fri 24 Oct 2003 02:59 PM EDT
Whether it's a book-length biography ior a newspaper profile, writers who do biographical pieces are often faced with a dilemma: Access versus Independence of Thought. As a writer, I want to get as close to my subject as possible, to see him or her in their private moments, in closed ... more »
Interviewing analysts now a "public" appearance
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DavidAkin
on Fri 24 Oct 2003 12:07 PM EDT
Corporate governance and issues of disclosure and transparency are the hot topics on Wall Street these days.
Now, in the wake of some rule changes by the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ, if I interview an analyst by phone that will qualify as a "public appearance". What are ... more »
Sony caves to angry Quebeckers
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DavidAkin
on Fri 24 Oct 2003 11:31 AM EDT
We reported on this in today's Globe and Mail (Toronto). Sony deletes terrorist attack. From the story: Electronics giant Sony Corp. yesterday bowed to intense pressure from Quebec politicians and decided to delete video-game scenes featuring separatist terrorists engaging in bloody gunfights in a Toronto shopping mall and subway.
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