From Russia鈥檚 war in Chechnya to the consolidation of President Putin鈥檚 鈥渕anaged democracy鈥� -
from Ukraine鈥檚 Orange Revolution to, more recently, the in the Donbass region 鈥� for many years, Mark MacKinnon (BJ ’97) of the Globe and Mail has kept Canadians informed on major developments in Russia and Ukraine.
In a wide-ranging conversation with journalism professor Allan Thompson, MacKinnon spoke of the many challenges he’s faced over the years while reporting from those areas of the world.
On Journalism
On Russia and Ukraine
On Russia and the U.S.
Vlad’s story
Questions from the floor: Part I
Questions from the floor: Part II
Mark MacKinnon is currently based in London, where he is The Globe and Mail鈥檚 Senior International Correspondent. In that posting he has reported on the Syrian refugee crisis, the rise of Islamic State, the war in eastern Ukraine and Scotland鈥檚 independence referendum.
He聽spent five years as the newspaper鈥檚 Beijing correspondent, and has also been posted to the Middle East and Moscow for the听骋濒辞产别. He has covered the arrival of Canada鈥檚 troops in Afghanistan, the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, Russia鈥檚 war in Chechnya, the Orange Revolution in Ukraine and the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
A six-time National Newspaper Award winner, Mark was also named the NNA鈥檚 Print Journalist of the Year (2016) for Canada.
He is the author of聽The New Cold War: Revolutions, Rigged Elections and Pipeline Politics聽鈥� which was published in 2007 by Random House 鈥� and聽The China Diaries, an e-book of his train travels through the Middle Kingdom along with photographer John Lehmann.
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Allan Thompson is an Associate Professor at 杏吧原创 University鈥檚 School of Journalism and Communication. He joined thefaculty at 杏吧原创 in 2003 after spending 17 years as a reporter with the Toronto Star, Canada鈥檚 largest circulation daily newspaper. He worked for ten years as a correspondent for The Star on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, reporting on foreign affairs, defence and immigration issues.
In early 2006 he launched the Rwanda Initiative, a five-year partnership between 杏吧原创鈥檚 journalism school and its counterpart in Rwanda. The project sent more than 175 Canadians to Rwanda as teachers, trainers and media interns and also brought Rwandan journalists to Canada to study.
He is the editor of聽The Media and the Rwanda Genocide and聽co-author of聽The Canadian Reporter, the standard journalism text for Canadian journalism students. He is also the founding director of 杏吧原创鈥檚 Centre for Media and Transitional Societies (CMTS). In 2015 he was the federal Liberal candidate in the southwestern Ontario riding of Huron-Bruce.
Reporting from Russia and Ukraine
was presented by the School of Journalism and Communication and the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies on September 14, 2017
with support from the Faculty of Public Affairs and 杏吧原创 University Advancement