| Writing The Creative Guide to Research was a journey in which several paths I have traveled came together. I thank all my students and my colleagues, both at Ryerson Polytechnic University School of Journalism and at various conferences and seminars, who showed me what works and what doesn't work in teaching Internet research; all my friends and co-workers at CBC.ca and The National and The Magazine at CBC Television News who provided advice and support; and all the members of the Writer-L list, whose collective wisdom I have absorbed during the past several years. In addition, I want to thank all the fellow "newsgeeks" I have met at the Computer-Assisted Reporting conventions since my first in San Jose back in 1994. |
| On this specific project, I want to thank the following: |
| Dan Bjarnason, Jet Belgraver, Ian Kalushner, Sonja Carr, Pam Clasper, Martin O'Malley, Harvey Cashore, Sig Gerber, and Declan Hill, all at CBC; Duncan McIntosh, Rob Sawyer, Tanya Huff, David Hayes, and Chris McKhool for their advice and the interviews; and Anna Karagiannis for not being intimidated by the piles of paper and books in my home office. |
| At Narrative Train II, at Boston University, I want to thank Mark Kramer for organizing great conferences in 1998 and 1999, as well as for taking time during last-minute preparations for an interview. Many thanks also to Mark Bowden and Steve Biel, whom I met at the 1999 conference. |
| I also express my gratitude to Jon and Lynn Franklin for making Writer-L a pleasure to read five days a week and Lynn for the e-mail; Nora Paul, who invented the ultimate 5W lists, for permission to use them and for her advice throughout the years; Bruce DaSilva, Todd Lewan, and Ted Anthony at the Associated Press; and Ira Silverman for sharing his memories, as well as the callbacks. |
| Mike McGraw, of the Kansas City Star; Steve Lawrence and C. Lee Giles of the NEC Research Institute in Princeton, N.J.; Bob Port at APBOnline; Jerome Loving at Texas A&M; and Steven Pressfield, Bill Brewington and John Sawatsky all have my appreciate for their assistance. I also thank Writer-L members Walton R. Collins, Mark Pendergrast, Aaron Elson, Christopher Hadley, and Sol Stein. |
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