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In 1988, a group of noted Winnipeg journalists and others produced the book Torch on the Prairies: A Portrait of Journalism in Manitoba, 1859-1988, edited by Marjorie Earl. Its members and contributors were as follows.
Eric Joseph Hampson Wells (1917-1993)
David Reginald “Dave” Bonner (1928-2006)
Roger Newman (1935-2021)
John Cochrane
Harry L. Mardon (1926-2004)
Ian Sutherland
Donald Leatham “Don” Aiken (1914-2004)
William Henry “Bill” Metcalfe (1906-1990)
Joyce Meyer
Peggy Roberts
Ron Hill
Vivian Hay
Thora Gudrun Sigurdson Cooke (c1925-2012)
Margaret Anne “Marnie” Stewart (c1926-1995)
Garth Ross Taylor (1922-2002)
Charles Thompson
Brenda Joyce Dennis Leipsic (1942-2008)
David “Dave” Williamson
Alice Shewman Poyser (1933-2016)
Eric Joseph Hampson Wells (1917-1993)
Vincent “Vince” Leah (1913-1993)
Eugene Louis “Gene” Telpner (1920-2005)
William Henry “Bill” Metcalfe (1906-1990)
Judy Hansen
Charles Thompson
Margaret Anne “Marnie” Stewart (c1926-1995)
Peggy Rogers
Thora Gudrun Sigurdson Cooke (c1925-2012)
Title
Subject
Author(s)
The Press Club: Beer and Uplift
Christopher G. Dafoe
The Serpent in Eden
The New Nation
New Nation
Charles Thompson
The Old Lady of Carlton Street
Elmer H. King
To Hell With Afghanistan
The Big Blue Bugle
Send Me a Kiss by Wire
Canadian Press
Drawing and Quartering
Editorial Cartooning
The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Scientific Witchcraft
Radio Broadcasting
Fourteen Thousand Words
News Photography
Frank Chalmers
And the Band Played On
Arts Criticism
Doug Whiteway
Spectator Sports Persons
Sportswriting
Barbara Huck
The Pink Flag of Courage
Winnipeg Citizen
Noelle Boughton
The Sun Keeps Shining
John Drabble
Down on The Farm
Agricultural Reporting
The Two Ton Pencil
Television Broadcasting
Judy Waytiuk
Twenty-two Tongues
Non-Anglophone Newspapers
Joyce Meyer
The Prairie Paper Trail
Community Newspapers
Staying Alive in the Graveyard
Magazine Publishing
Roger Newman and Wally Kroeker
Of Lead and Lasers
Desktop Publishing
Kelly Armstrong
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 December 2021
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