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Newsworthy

The Lives of Media Women

by (author) Susan Crean

Publisher
Formac Publishing Company Limited
Initial publish date
Jan 1987
Category
Media Studies, Entertainment & Performing Arts
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780887801501
    Publish Date
    Jan 1987
    List Price
    $9.95

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Description

In this book you'll meet some of the best-known women in Canada, past and present: Barbara Frum, Betty Kennedy, June Callwood, Ann Medina, Doris Anderson, Hana Gartner, Pamela Wallin.
Susan Crean has written profiles of more than a hundred Canadian media women, print journalists, writers, editors, radio and television broadcasters. They tell the stories of their careers, and the obstacles they've overcome in pursuit of success and power. Women are more prominent than ever before in the media--but as this book makes clear, many barriers to advancement remain.
Newsworthy: The Lives of Media Women offers lively portraits of many of Canada's most successful media personalities.

About the author

Susan Crean was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, and is of Scots-Irish descent. She began travelling in the sixties, studying at universities in France and Italy. In 1989 she moved to British Columbia where she spent a decade researching, writing and teaching. Her articles and essays have appeared in magazines and newspapers across Canada, and she is the author of seven books. The first, Who’s Afraid of Canadian Culture, appeared in 1976. Her landmark work, The Laughing One: A Journey to Emily Carr, was nominated for five awards including the Governor General’s Literary award and won the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize in 2002. Crean currently lives in Toronto.

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Editorial Reviews

"Timely, well-written, full of facinating anecdotes and gossip."

London Free Press

"An insider's report on media stars ... fun to read."

Ottawa Citizen

"Chock-full of heroics, grand imaginings and larger-than-life characters."

Regina Leader Post