tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post6583236618395466184..comments2024-03-04T12:34:21.190-05:00Comments on Toronto Sun Family: 1971 - 2021: Press club shameToronto Sun Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05371905107394425335noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-77991014489098560502009-06-01T18:37:02.999-04:002009-06-01T18:37:02.999-04:00I can see a place for a reinvigorated Press Club, ...I can see a place for a reinvigorated Press Club, as someone who missed out on the era.<br />As a Ryerson grad myself, I'd call on the School of Journalism and its Journalism School alumni association to step in and save the Canadian News Hall of Fame. Those two groups may also have a role to play in a new press club - perhaps with a wee bit of help from the venerable ol' Imperial Public Library.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-46493105494193034442009-06-01T15:50:53.427-04:002009-06-01T15:50:53.427-04:00In a Mass Media class at Ryerson, late '70s, I rem...In a Mass Media class at Ryerson, late '70s, I remember an essay assignment, "The Press Club is a boneyard of broken dreams. Discuss."<br />Still managed to get drunk there a few times though.<br />JimJim Slotekhttp://canoe.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005385846479781113.post-75503472981978205832009-06-01T08:38:45.150-04:002009-06-01T08:38:45.150-04:00The Press Club was already regarded by young journ...The Press Club was already regarded by young journalists as a bit of joke when I started in the mid-'80s, so I don't think its decline can be attributed to "how Canadian journalists are feeling these days".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com